A Brief History of Early Chinese Philosophy Microform
A Brief History of Early Chinese Philosophy Microform
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" Therefore/^ says Hsiin-tze, " human nature is the original foundation and raw material, while artificiality [wei) means refinement and culture. If not for the original nature, artificiality would have nothing to apply itself to; and if not for artificiality, the original nature would fail to polish itself. Through the co-operative adjustment of the two, we have a class of people called the wise, and the consolidation of the empire is thereby effected. Therefore, I say that as all things are c...reated through the union of heaven and earth, and as all changes take place through the ycontact of the male and the female/ principle, the peace of the empire is obtained through the co-operative adjustment of the original nature and artificiality " (Chapter XIX, " Li lun p^ien^^).
It is, then, by this artificial remodelling of the original baseness of humanity that the hungry could be persuaded to give precedence to the older, the tired to endure their hardships, brothers to agree in the distribution of their ancestral property, and the people to show due consideration even to strangers ; for all these excellent behaviours are not a spon- EARLY CHINESE PHILOSOPHY 107 taneous exhibition of the sentiment as harboured in the heart of the natural man, but they must be ascribed to the beautiful artificial influence of cere- monialism (li i) .^^ If other Confucians are to be classified as upholders of subjectivism, Hslin-tze was no doubt a decided 42r2£l5^i^r of ^l^jftrtr'^^''^'^ He did not believe in evolving goodness from within_, but in grafting it from without.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" Therefore/^ says Hsiin-tze, " human nature is the original foundation and raw material, while artificiality [wei) means refinement and culture. If not for the original nature, artificiality would have nothing to apply itself to; and if not for artificiality, the original nature would fail to polish itself. Through the co-operative adjustment of the two, we have a class of people called the wise, and the consolidation of the empire is thereby effected. Therefore, I say that as all things are c...reated through the union of heaven and earth, and as all changes take place through the ycontact of the male and the female/ principle, the peace of the empire is obtained through the co-operative adjustment of the original nature and artificiality " (Chapter XIX, " Li lun p^ien^^).
It is, then, by this artificial remodelling of the original baseness of humanity that the hungry could be persuaded to give precedence to the older, the tired to endure their hardships, brothers to agree in the distribution of their ancestral property, and the people to show due consideration even to strangers ; for all these excellent behaviours are not a spon- EARLY CHINESE PHILOSOPHY 107 taneous exhibition of the sentiment as harboured in the heart of the natural man, but they must be ascribed to the beautiful artificial influence of cere- monialism (li i) .^^ If other Confucians are to be classified as upholders of subjectivism, Hslin-tze was no doubt a decided 42r2£l5^i^r of ^l^jftrtr'^^''^'^ He did not believe in evolving goodness from within_, but in grafting it from without.
What to read after A Brief History of Early Chinese Philosophy Microform?
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