ON LITERATURE AND DAO OF HUAI NAN ZI

In order to interpret the relationships between literature and Dao in Huai Nan Zi,this paper probes into the connotations of Dao as metaphysics and physics. As far as metaphysics is concerned,Dao in Huai Nan Zi refers to Dao of noumenon,namely, One; As far as metaphysics is concerned,Dao in Huai Nan Zi some special rules and laws governing all things in nature and society. Meanwhile in Huai Nan Zi literature and arts are the expressions of people′s spiritual feelings,and people′s felings derives from people′s personality and people′s personality comes from Dao. In this way the relationships between literature and Dao are explained clearly. From the perspective of noumenon theory,literature and Dao are endowed with the basis of metaphysics. Literature, feelings and Dao are brought into a unified system,which is the first integration of views on Confucian Dao,literature and arts.