A Study on Neo-Confucianism's Explanation of Meng Hexagram in the Book of Changes and Their Ideas about "Sage Inside and King Outside"
Cheng Yi's Annotation of the Book of Changes represents a philosophical interpretation of the Meng hexagram in the Book of Changes in Neo-Confucianism during the Song Dynasty,rooted in political reality that emperors and literati ruled together in Song Dynasty. By investigating Cheng Yi and other Neo-Confucianists ' annotations on Meng hexagram,we can find that Meng hexagram is the condensation of the concept of"sage inside and king outside"in Neo-Confucianism,which is not only related to the revival movement of teachers ' morality since the mid-Tang Dynasty,but also related to the instruction of Zhou Dunyi,the pioneer of Neo-Confucianism. Cheng Yi gave a Neo-Confucianism explanation of the theory of self-cultivation in his explanation of"the method of dealing with the young and ignorant is to nourish the correct",and his insights into the relationship between the fifth six hexagram and the second Nine hexagram reflected his ideas and expectations for the politics of the Song Dynasty. Neo-Confucianism pursued the root of enlightenment from ontology and human nature theory,which is a major turning point in the development of Confucianism. If Confucianism represented by Dong Zhongshu is"political Confucianism",then Neo-Confucianism is kind of"edificatory Confucianism".
Meng hexagramCheng YiNeo-Confucianismsage inside and king outside
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