Establishing a sociology of mentality:exploring the value realization of the potentiality of Qunxue
The relationship between the Qun(group)and the self,as well as the relationship between mind and matter,is the common issue in both Chinese and Western academics.However,the"common issues"are actu-ally led via the"different paths".Since the Song and Ming Dynasties,Chinese academics,especially Qunxue as the classical Chinese sociology,is mainly devoted to the"understanding of mind",which is opposite to the prevalent"understanding of things"in the West.As a result,the mentalization of Qunxue owns a process of inter-nalizing"rites"or li in"mind"and"reason"in"mind"from externalization to internalization.The potentiality of Qunxue,which is formed from this process,takes"mind"as its"keystone".It resorts to being sincere in thought and rectifying one's mind for self-cultivation,family management,state governance,and bringing peace to all under heaven.It attributes to the mental cultivation being gregarious or hequn,being sociable or nengqun,bringing people together or shanqun,and keeping good company or lequn.Thus,the unity of group and self,as well as mind and matter,is achieved unconsciously.Today,it seems that the potentiality of Qunxue can be considered the prelude to the sociology of mentality,the precursor to the transformation of China's modernization,and the template for the establishment of a new moral order for mankind.Its contemporary values that need to be unearthed cannot be underestimated.
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