Zhang Zai's Succession and Advancement of Mencius's Thought of Mind-nature Theory

To a great degree Zhang Zai shaped his thought of mind-nature theory based on his interpretation of Mencius's mind-nature theory.From the perspective of Confucian study of mind nature,Mencius can be said to be the founder of Confucian while Zhang Zai to be the accomplisher of mind-nature theory.The former laid a preliminary foundation for the theory while the latter summarized and developed Confucian mind-nature theory,in which he properly solved the good and the evil in human nature and conflicts between them to make the theory profound and perfect both in theory and in practice.