英文摘要
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Many modern scholars believe that Confucianism of Song and Ming Dynasties was able to complete its construction because the Confucians were inspired and even forced to create new Confucian's theory by the"Essay on the Origin of Man" of which the author was the fifth patriarch of Huayan Sutra, named Zhong Mi. Whether or not the argument is just and sound? I desire to explore it from four viewpoints. 1. Han Yu was the person pioneering Confucianism of Song and Ming Dynasties, since Han Yu was devoted to the revival of Confucianism and put forward four major points accepted by the Confucians of Song and Ming Dynasties. 2. Zhong Mi's "Essay on the Origin of Man" must be created in his later years, and he might have seen Han Yu's "The Origin of Man". 3. Zhou Dunyi's "Almanac", "Tai Chi Diagrams" and "Tai Chi Illustrations" have been often deemed to be quoted from "Essay on the Origin of Man"; however, the ideological origins of Zhou from the Song Dynasty to modern times has been an academic dispute, and no conclusion could be drawn; therefore it cannot be attributable to a single factor being affected by "Essay on the Origin of Man". 4. Confucianism itself is quite provable, through practice and experience inherited by Confucians over six hundred years, the establishment of the teaching of achieving virtues is easily realized. Therefore the influence and importance of "Essay on the Origin of Man" is overvalued if deeming the establishment of Confucianism of Song and Ming Dynasties to be inspired by the "sincere words" of "Essay on the Origin of Man". Exploring from the four dimensions and raising objection to explicate truth.
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