As the core classics in Chinese traditional culture,Liu Jing(the Six Classics)are related to the therapy of desire.The therapy of desire is manifested in governing by integrity in Shang Shu(the Book of Documents)and Chun Qiu(Spring and Autumn Annals),pure thought and moderate release of desire under guidance in Shi Jing(the Book of Songs),and the cure of hidden desires and the linkage of gains and losses in Zhou Yi(the Book of Changes);moreover,propriety in Li Jing(the Book of Propriety)interplays with mu-sic in Yue Jing(the Book of Music),taking on the beauty of being both explicit and implicit.Liu Jing reflect the abundance in resources of therapy of desire in Chinese classics;mutually penetrating,they are all about propriety and the therapy of desire through propriety,which is presented as the unity of opposites between re-straint of desire and moderate release.Diachronically,the therapy of desire in Chinese traditional culture in the pre-axial age,axial age,and modern society is represented respectively by Liu Jing,Si Shu(the Four Books),and Neo-Confucianism,which develop with continuity and their respective characteristics of the times.Synchronically,the therapy of desire in Liu Jing of Chinese Classics,with secular and humanistic traits,contradicts with those in asceticism and mysticism.With the advent of global secular age,the features and advantages of the therapy of desire in Liu Jing has become ever more prominent.
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