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On Whether the Confucian View of Destiny is Pessimistic Determinism
Chen Dai
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Abstract
In the thoughts of Confucianism best represented by Confucius and Mencius, Ming includes two aspects: one is the Decree of Heaven, referring the will of which is the ulftimate reason for morality; the other is which is the objective restriction of man showing the limitation of human beings To know the Decree of Heaven means know the mission of yourself. Although usually hard understand, Guodian bamboo manuscripts which were just unearthed show that to know the Destiny means know what you should do. By advocating the thought of Righteousness no Ming, Mencius fully carried forward the confucian spirit of trying do what one knows he won't succeed in doing , which makes it clear that the confucian view of desting is not pessimistic.