英文摘要
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Neo-Confucianism of the Song and Ming Dynasties is not only the mainstream thought of early modern Chinese culture but also manifested in East-Asian civilizations such as Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese civilizations, displaying the universality of Confucian values. Among others, Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism, Wang Yang-ming's doctrine of mind and Wang Chuan-shan's doctrine of qi represent the ideological paradigms of three different doctrines of nature and destiny. Recently, the doctrine of qi around the turn of the Ming and Qing Dynasties is discussed heatedly in the academic world. Wang Chuan-shan's theory of human nature is theoretically most critical and innovative, showing its constructive meaning of paradigm shifting around the turn of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Proposing such important ideas as "constant renewal of character, destiny descending daily," "human nature being accomplished by human habit," and the "harmony of qi and spirituality," Wang Chuan-shan published the related writings in External Commentary on the Book of Changes, The Extended Meaning of the Book of History, A Completed Explanation of the Four Books, Textual Commentary on the Book of Changes, Commentary on Zhang Zai's Rectifying the Youth. This article begins with reflecting on Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism and Wang Yang-ming's doctrine of mind on the aspect of human nature from the perspective of Wang Chuan-shan's doctrine of qi and makes theoretical interpretation of Wang Chuan-shan's theory of generating of humanity based on the academic results of cross-strait scholars, explicating the reality, sympathy, comprehensiveness, interactivity, sociality and innovativeness of human nature.
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