Neo-Confucianism’s Shaping Effects on People’s Life: An Analysis ofZhu Xi’s Ci and Fu Poems(PDF)
《南京师大学报》（社会科学版）[ISSN:1006-6977/CN:61-1281/TN]
- Issue:
- 2018年04期
- Page:
- 100-
- Research Field:
- 古代文学与文献研究
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- Title:
- Neo-Confucianism’s Shaping Effects on People’s Life: An Analysis ofZhu Xi’s Ci and Fu Poems
- Author(s):
- LIU Pei
- Keywords:
- ci and fu poems in middle and later Southern Song Dynasty; Zhu Xi; pursuing the truth wholeheartedly; gaining good knowledge through examination; shaping and regulating
- PACS:
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- DOI:
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- Abstract:
- The most noticeable cultural event in the Southern Song Dynasty was the rise and development ofNeo-Confucianism. Based on morality and order, Neo-Confucianism sought the source of being and all typesof knowledge in order to establish a universal truth unifying nature, society, and human beings. Its theorizationon life issues was conducted in the interaction between the categories of both xing 性(nature) and li 理(reason).According to the Neo-Confucianists like Zhu Xi, there was a unification between neisheng 内圣 (inner sagelyperfection) and waiwang 外王(outside practical accomplishments). The mission of a junzi 君子(morally superiorman) is to follow and carry forward the Confucian orthodoxy, lead a moral life and access the ultimate reasonvia human nature. Neo-Confucianism also pointed out the approach to becoming a junzi: in practice, one hadto pursue the truth whole-heartedly and in theoretical cultivation, he had to gain good knowledge throughinvestigating the principles hidden behind the things. In Neo-Confucianism’s meticulous design of the courseof life, one can rise to a state of Zeng Dian’s achievements through constant cultivation and honing of hispersonality so as to be free of flaws and know the heavenly principles. In the middle and later periods ofthe Southern Song Dynasty, the creation of ci and fu poems represented by those of Zhu Xi’s was greatlyinfluenced by Neo-Confucianism, forming a plain but profound aesthetic style, but it is also true that there is alack of liveliness and vitality in the ci and fu poems in that period.
Last Update: 2018-07-25