The Secular Turn of Confucianism of the Ming Dynasty
In the Ming Dynasty,the social changes brought about by the changes of economic forms provided an opportunity for the traditional route of the evolution of Confucianism,and the philosophy of the mind became a new academic trend to replace Neo-Confucianism.The interpretation of the old question of"everyone can be Yao and Shun"by Ming Confucians reflects a convenient and easy life path,and the Confucian path shows a positive and speculative secular concern along the folk thinking of"Daily Prac-tice of common people is Dao".Transposition speculation and folk concern of being the plain citizens before giving lectures become the secular representation of the transformation of Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty.
Ming DynastyConfucianismsecularizationcultural influence