Analyzing Views and Cultivating Qi:On Mencius' Developing the Philosophy of Benevolence and Righteousness
Confucians before Mencius were not good at arguing,so Mencius was labelled as"being argu-mentative".To argue against,Mencius defended his own practice with the claim of"having no other options".The above reasoning is based on historic facts,practical needs and Confucian philosophy of benevolence and justice.Mencius'"being argumentative"is the expression of his"analyzing views"and his practice of word-ing the harm of such heresy as"biased,excessive,crooked and evasive".On the basis of this,Mencius eluci-dates"noble spirit":based on righteousness and Tao,with Tao being benevolence and righteousness being the practice of benevolence;"Cultivating Qi"is to practice benevolence and righteousness.Based on righteousness of benevolence and nobleness of Qi,Mencius further elucidated the theory of governing by integrating right-eousness and benevolence.The philosophy of"analyzing views"and"cultivating Qi"can find its origin in Confucianism.After being developed by Mencius,it became the primary theory and main concept of Mencius'philosophy of benevolence and righteousness.
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