2010•Unpublished venueRequires access
From Song-Ming to Ming-Qing:The Continuality of the Thoughts in the Ming and Qing Dynasties from the Angle of Confucianism and Religion's Relation
Wu Zhen
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Abstract
It might be improper to overrate the importance of the ideological chasm between the Ming and Qing. The Qing intellectuals obviously could not take themselves out of the tradition of Song-Ming when they faced the relation between Confucianism and religion,and from this angle,an ideological continuality is found in the Ming-Qing thoughts. This paper focuses on Qing Confucians' interpretation of the religious classics,the religious culture and the narration of the supernatural. It brings a new angle for the ideology,morality and cultural characters of the post-16th Century's Chinese society,which might be able to link the Ming-Qing thoughts to the Song-Ming Confucianism.