Tracing the Lost Learning to Become a Sage:The Formation and Development of Neo-Confucianism Thinking and Misconception Theory
The rise of interest in the textual interpretation of the Treatise on Febrile Diseases since the Song and Yuan Dynasties,and the beginnings of skepticism toward the classics,as well as the rapid spread of the"popularization"movement of the Taizhou School in late Ming times,all these constitute the historical background for the emergence of"misconception theory."Fang Youzhi had established a system of misconception theory by consulting the Confucian classical tradition,by following the"original studies"movement,questioning the classics,and improving the classics,opposing irrational schools of thought and becoming a sage.In this system,Fang Youzhi elevated Zhongjing to the status of a sage,claimed that Zhongjing's medicine had been cut off and so was a lost as a source of medical learning.He restored its original status by compiling Treatise on Febrile Diseases.In this way he had inherited the lost learning.At the same time,to maintain his orthodoxy,he treated Cheng Wuji and other doctors as quacks,and finally claimed himself to be a sage.Yu Chang in the early Qing Dynasty adapted the system of misconception theory by making it compatible with Neo-Confucian thought.Misconception theory introduced innovations in medical theory by adapting it to the career ideals of the practitioners.It was this factor that had a major impact on medicine during the Qing Dynasty.
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