Eight goals: understanding, knowing people and being good at their duties, sincerity and integrity, self-cultivation and self-cultivation, and ruling the country and leveling the world.
Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism and Lu Wang's Neo-Confucianism have always had different interpretations of "being close to the people" in the Three Cardinals.
According to Neo-Confucianism, the meaning of "pro" here as "new" is to lead the people to get rid of old habits and change the system.
Lu believes that "pro" here means "closeness".
I agree with Lu Wang's theory of mind and nature, because in the context of the three cardinal guides and the five permanent members, it can be translated as understanding and promoting bright morality, being close to the people and doing good endlessly. This is smoother.
However, the pre-Qin Confucianists still took "Zhou Li" as the highest goal, so how could they advocate more reforms?
Confucianism was divided into two major schools and several minor schools in Song and Ming Dynasties.
Recently, I was reading a book about the development of Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties.
The biggest school is Zhu Cheng Neo-Confucianism, which is supported and recognized by the government.
Secondly, Lu Wang's theory of mind is different from the traditional theory that it is difficult to know and easy to do. Wang Yangming developed his own complete philosophical system on the basis of Lu Xiangshan's theory of mind. Pay attention to the unity of knowledge and action!
This topic is too big to write a book of one million words.
Eight eyes
Frankly speaking, I read some books this year and began to have more understanding and admiration for the realm of the eight goals.
From the initial development of Confucianism
At that time, people studied to be officials and to govern the country.
In this way, there must be many people under the famous philosophers and thinkers, and there are many people.
Everyone wants to rule the country and level the world, but often many people fail.
So the sages began to think about how to become a successful figure.
These eight goals are their gradual learning and working process.
In fact, this is of great reference significance to my present life.