The Distinction between Zhu Xi's theory that "conserving heavenly principles and extinguish human desire" and the Confucian benevolence
Zheng Shao-chong
Abstract
Zheng Shao-chong
Abstract
The ideal that conserving heavenly principles and extinguish human desire is the core of Zhu Xi's theory, showed his theory of Mind and Nature. This theory roots in the Confucianism that focuseson the benevolence, but it opposes to the think that Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity at all, and negates human subjectivity. So it's distinguished from the Confucian benevolence.
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The ideal that conserving heavenly principles and extinguish human desire is the core of Zhu Xi's theory, showed his theory of Mind and Nature. This theory roots in the Confucianism that focuseson the benevolence, but it opposes to the think that Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity at all, and negates human subjectivity. So it's distinguished from the Confucian benevolence.
Key concepts: Humanity, Ideal (ethics), Subjectivity, Philosophy, Element (criminal law), Epistemology, Psychoanalysis, Sociology