"Explicit Way"and"Veiled Writing":The Fundamental Spirit of Zhu Xi's Thoughts on Spring and Autumn Annals
Zhu Xi did not write any monographs about Spring and Autumn Annals,while he truly had pro-found thoughts on this book,which can express his spirits on Neo-Confucianism's philosophy.Briefly,in Zhu Xi's viewpoint,Spring and Autumn Annals naturally reflected Confucius'mind.Zhu Xi held the view that the basic spirit of Confucius was to express the principles of the good and the evil directly when writing Spring and Autumn Annals,while Confucian scholars of latter generations often commented on Confucius'Spring and Autumn Annals with expressions like"using sublime words to imply deep meanings"or"prai-sing or criticizing with a single word".This kind of difference can be called"Explicit Way"and"Veiled Writing"between Sage and other Confucian scholars.Therefore,Zhu Xi claimed that people should under-stand the purpose of Spring and Autumn Annals with a straightforward attitude instead of misunderstanding the meanings of Spring and Autumn Annals through the"Regulations"established by previous scholars.
Zhu XiSpring and Autumn AnnalsSage's Mind"Explicit Way"and"Veiled Writing""Regulations"
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