英文摘要
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As a representative scholar during Qianlong and Jiaqing period of the Qing dynasty, Cheng Yao-tian's philosophy has a great effect on many scholars of that time, such as Ling Tingkan (凌廷堪), Jiao Xun (焦循) and so on. This paper will give an interpretation of Cheng Yao-tian's philosophy from three aspects. First, through analyzing Cheng's discourse, we can find the general characteristic of his philosophy: attach great importance to ritual. Second, although Cheng accept a naturalistic philosophy of Qi (氣), he gives a stronger interpretation of Mencius' theory of human nature than many scholars in Qing dynasty. Finally, Cheng uses many Zhu Xi's concepts to establish his philosophy, such as "the mind commands man's nature and feelings" (心統性情), but his philosophy and Zhu Xi's doctrine belongs to different philosophical paradigms. In a sense, we can regard Cheng' philosophy as a thin version of Zhu Xi's doctrine.
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