The Sage View and Confucius Image in the Perspective of Guan Zhidao
Guan Zhidao deconstructed the Confucianism-based,mind-oriented view of Confucian preaching context and system and the view of respecting Confucius as"Su Wang"(the true king)with the sage view of"Qunlong Wushou"(a leaderless group),breaking the Confucian discourse privilege of the sage view.Based on this,he included virtuous rulers and saints of the three religions into the ranks of saints,and returned the authority of Confucian preaching con-text and system and teaching to the monarch.Therefore,Confucius transformed from"the greatest saint"to a preacher who"mastered the studies of the sage of benevolence","had the virtues of rulers and teachers",and"per-formed the duties of a minister".The deconstruction of this sage view and the image of Confucius responds to and solves the problems of psychological stability and political and religious care in Confucianism,and also reflects the u-nique Confucian-Buddhist fusion of the late Ming era.However,with the dissolution and decline of the authoritative image of Confucius as a sage,the independence,authority,and criticality of Confucianism have also been greatly weakened.The reason why traditional Neo Confucianism has not been implemented can be seen from this.
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