Talking about"Daoxue Xiansheng":The Personality of the Group of Neo-Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty and Its Transformation
The name"Daoxue Xiansheng"can be traced back to"Shengfu Xiansheng"in the Han Dynasty.Daoxue Xian-sheng is a firm defender of traditional etiquette and a positive model shaped by traditional morality.Daoxue Xiansheng is also a negative model that has been solidified as being inhumane and has even become a synonym for pedantry.After the mid-Ming Dynasty,Wang Yangming's"Mind Learning"rose and replaced Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.What followed was a histor-ical transformation in the personality of the group of Neo-Confucianism:Daoxue Xiansheng was no longer like a clay idol but was full of poetic and wine-loving elegance;the personal life of Daoxue Xiansheng was no longer constrained and rigorous but turned to be lively and free.Even more so,Daoxue Xiansheng was no longer a Confucian who sat still in the room all day but a chivalrous person who traveled the world and had considerable heroic spirit.
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