A Re-Interpretation of Mencius'Philosophy on Relationship Between Morality and Political Position——A Perspective from Confucian Orthodoxy
The fact that Confucius"has virtue but has no political position"had greatly impacted the belief of"making fortune with virtue".Confucian scholars had to re-consider the relationship between virtue and fortune.The relationship between virtue and destiny became an important issue among Pre-Qin Confucians.Different from the thoughts elaborated in Qiong Da Yi Shi and Xun Zi·You Zuo,Mencius'explanation of the relationship between virtue and political position had its own unique features.Mencius started from the orthodox consciousness.In the process of shaping and interpreting the saints,he focused on several representative and contro-versial ways of power transfer.He took the will of Heaven and the will of people as the authoritative source of political legitimacy,presenting a reconstruction of the inevitable relationship between virtue and political position.
Menciusorthodox consciousnessvirtue and political positiondestinywill of Heaven
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