Talking about Ghosts and Gods and Shinto Teaching——On the Viewpoint of God and Taoism of Xu Fang,a Scholar of Ming Dynasty
The further integration of Confucianism,Buddhism and Taoism in the Ming and Qing dynasties is also seen in the works of all the Ming scholars.For example,Xu Fang,a resident of Nancheng in Jiangxi Province,had a great achievement in the literary creation of the Ming Dynasty.His collection of novels,Nuogao Guangzhi and Cangshangao Waibian,are typical examples of the integration of Confucianism,Buddhism and Taoism.He summarized it with the view of God and Taoism.Based on Taoism's belief in animism and ghosts and gods,his concept of Shinto was mixed with the theory of causality and reincarnation of Buddhism,aiming at promoting ethics and morality.XuFang inherited the Confucian spirit of"Shinto teaching"in The Book of Changes in these stories of strange powers and disorderly gods.
Ming adherentsXu FangGod and TaoismConfucian spirit
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