Evaluated Mohism by Classics:Literati FANG Hongjing's Views of Mohism in the Late Ming Dynasty
The purpose of literati FANG Hongjing's book"Qian Yi Lu"was"Fang Yin Ju Bi"which was on the basis of backing to Classics in the late Ming Dynasty.In the face of the reality of the erosion of Confucianism by Buddhism in the late Ming Dynasty,he supportted Mencius's criticizing Mohism and opposed HAN yu's mediating Classics and Mohism,and even suspected that"Reading Mozi"was not HAN yu's article.FANG Hongjing had certain approval to the Mohist School's festi-val usage,but had not praised a word all the time.His analysis of the Mohist theory of a ceremonial burial was also based on the fact that Confucius once opposed a generous burial.In the face of the opposition between"Fei Jiu Sang"and"Fei Yue",FANG Hongjing took up the weapon of Confucian classics and criticized it severely.In the late Ming Dynasty,literati's views of Mohism contained conservatives representing by FANG Hongjing,and moderates representing by WANG Shizhen,and radical party representing by LI zhi.
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