Why does Song Zhuxi call the whole state "a famous Buddhist country here, and the streets are full of saints"?

1, this sentence comes from the mouth of the philosopher Zhu in the Song Dynasty. The full text is "The ancient name here is Buddhism, and the streets are full of saints."

2. This statement has two meanings: one is to praise Quanzhou's religious culture; The second is to expound Zhu's neo-Confucianism.

"There are saints all over the street" is not a special praise for Quanzhou people. Zhu holds this view on all mankind.

4. "Saint" is the highest model of human nature of feudal ruling class. Only a few people such as Confucius and Mencius can have such a title. Zhu said that the streets are full of saints? Because they are different from Confucius in the theory of human nature, they think that fools can be changed, "they must not move, but they must not move", and the heart of "saints" is the same as that of "fools and women", and human nature is good.