Ancient Chinese Philosophy

1) The Tao is the origin of all things in heaven and earth, and is the highest philosophical concept. He proposed that "Heaven sends forth the Way, and the Way sends forth nature," denying the absolute authority of the "Mandate of Heaven," the Personality of God.

2)He put forward the idea of dialectics, pointing out that everything has two contradictory and opposing sides, and both sides of the contradiction can be transformed into each other. It was argued that "keeping quiet" can "overcome the strong with the weak".

3) politically, "do nothing to rule", opposed to the use of power and coercion of the people, to "do nothing to get the world".

4) advocate "the sound of dogs and chickens, old and dead" original pure and simple small country and people's negative thinking, with a conservative nature.

Confucius' doctrine:

1. Confucius' idea of "restoring self-restraint to propriety" reflects the conservative side of his thought, which is against the law of social development.

2. His ideas responded to the ruler's need to consolidate his rule, and "benevolence," "virtue," and "propriety" were all conducive to stabilizing the feudal order, which gradually became the mainstream of traditional Chinese thought and culture. The mainstay of Chinese traditional thought and culture.

3. Confucian scholars of later times carried forward the ideas put forward in Confucianism, which were adapted to the development of the monarchical system, and raised the status of Confucianism, and naturally, the status of Confucius, the founder of Confucianism, was also raised.

4. Historically, after the political order was stabilized and the rule was consolidated, Confucius was valued; when the society was in turmoil, Confucius bore the brunt of criticism.

The theoretical basis of Mencius' doctrine of "benevolent government" is the "theory of the goodness of nature". Mencius said, "Compassion is common to all people." He believed that goodness is a nature unique to human beings and a fundamental mark of distinction between human beings and animals. He also emphasized the importance of human education and the influence of the objective environment on human beings.

The basic requirement of virtue that Mozi talked about was "love for all", i.e., the ability to love all people without discrimination, which was the general principle of Mozi's socio-political thought; "non-attack", i.e., opposing attack and invasion, was the idea that Mozi expressed in order to solve the problem of mergers and acquisitions which was extremely prominent among countries at that time. This is the general principle of Mozi's socio-political thought.

Chuang Tzu advocated the idea of being indifferent to fame and fortune, and advocated cultivating one's body and cultivating one's character, and being quiet and doing nothing. Laozhuang has always been regarded as the ancestor of Taoism, and as a system of Chinese culture, it has greatly enriched traditional culture. Laozi" profound purpose of micro, "Zhuangzi" unrestrained, later generations in the "old" or its military approach, or its "gentleman south of the art"; in the "Zhuang" or surprised at its bizarre or to admire its drift style. But one thing is consistent: Lao Zhuang is not only the founder of our country's health science, but also to cultivate the body and nourish the nature, to take care of the days of life for its theoretical purpose. The Warring States period of social unrest, the old religious ethics can not maintain people's beliefs, preservation of life is a general social trend, Laozi's "noble body for the world", "the way of longevity" and other value of life and the pursuit of; Zhuangzi's Zhuang Zi's "the truth of the road to rule the body", "for the good is not close to the name, for the evil is not close to the penalty, the edge of the Governor thought that the scripture, you can protect the body, you can be fully born, you can raise relatives, you can do years" and so on have demonstrated that the Lao Zhuang's "noble life" "noble body " "Noble body" thought, emphasizing the existence of life, people should not be "outside the body of this thing is enslaved", they seldom really talk about the "family rule" reasoning, most of the talk is about the "family" and "peace", and the "family" and "peace". They seldom really talk about the reason of "family harmony and peace", most of them talk about "elimination of things and me beyond the interests and benefits", a set of health and longevity, summarized in the "static" and "virtual" dominated the whole process of Laozhuang's health care. "To the extreme of emptiness, keep quiet and certainty", to be quiet to the unpredictable changes, and the natural world to maintain tacit understanding and harmony, to rest in the natural arrangements, follow the laws of nature, forget about the physical form, "line do not know what, living do not know what for"; call me cattle is also called cattle, call me horse is also called horse"; call me cattle, call me horse is also called horse. Horse is also called horse", muddled and ignorant; "with the beasts and fowls", living with heaven and earth; to be false to its heart, to the changes in the forms of life, death and poverty, not letting them disturb the harmony of the heart; "to plug its casings, to close its doors not to be tempted by external objects, to rest one's mind, to refrain from wit, not to play with wisdom, not to abandon wisdom, not to be disturbed by the five tones, not to be confused by the five colors; the combination of emptiness and quietness, to achieve "forgetting oneself", "I am lost to myself", i.e., to abandon the false self, to maintain the "true self", and to be in harmony with heaven and earth. I, to maintain the "true" and "simple" nature, can be called a "true man" or "divine man". As Lao Tzu said: "Weak its will", "Void its heart", "constant virtue will not be separated from it, and it will return to the baby", "specialize in qi to make it soft, and it can be like a baby", "rule the human body, and the human mind", and "rule the human body". "The rule of human nature is nothing less than miserliness". Are required to abandon all desires and distractions; like a baby as simple and chaotic, innocent, focusing on the spirit of love and cherish; like Zhuang Zi said: "blowing breath, spit out the old, bear neck bird stretch", "to the person's breath to the heel", focusing on the idea of regulating the breathing, and Suck fresh natural gas, like bears and birds like animals, "alone with the world, do not leave the right and wrong with the world," so close to the so-called "Road", that is, in line with the law of health, is "Peng Zu Shoukao good for the people also! "The first thing I'd like to say is that I don't know what to do.