A Study of The Neo-confucian Mencius View in Chinese Philosophy

Abstract

First, the relevant categories are defined, and the research status is summarized. Then, to the new Confucianism of the Republic of China mencius view of the formation of the social historical background and political background, do a general exposition. Moreover, the author makes a case analysis of the mencius view of the three representatives of the newly emerged Confucian school in the Republic of China. Xiong Shili's view of Mencius was formed in the system of "new only knowledge", in which the inner sage and the outer king were promoted simultaneously, which made up Liang's hole in the cultivation of kung fu but failed to specify how to "open up the new". Feng Yulan interprets Mencius' thought mainly in his "Three Histories" and "Six Books" and reveals the other aspect of his philosophical methodology, namely, the return to intuition, by the "negative method". Finally, the author expounds the views of Mencius of other neo-Confucian scholars in the Republic of China (including Zhang Junli, He Lin, Qian Mu, etc.). Through the in-depth study of the concept of Mencius in the Neo-Confucianism of the Republic of China, we can not only master the mental schema of the neo-Confucianism of the Republic of China through its various concepts of Mencius but also see the new orientation and development trend of the concept of Mencius in the Period of the Republic of China through the development of the thinking mode of Mencius in the neo-Confucianism of the Republic of China.