PHL237H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Guodian Chu Slips, Mircea Eliade, Human Nature
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Classical confucianism: 2nd phase from zisi to mencius. The recent unearthed guodian bamboo slips, dated c. 350bc, confirm the transition from confucius"s grandson zisi ( 493-406bec), to mencius ( . Scholars today agree to call them the si-meng school . Guodian bamboo slips contain both daoist texts and confucian texts. Confucian part of guodian texts might be seen as the relay between confucius and mencius. Philosophical ideas of zisi"s school: emphasis on human feeling, distinction: interior ren vs exterior yi, distinction of xing (action) and de (virtue, concepts of zhong (centrality) and cheng (sincerity, cheng and ming (educational enlightenment) Emphasis on feeling: dao starts from human feeling. The xin zi ming chu (human nature comes from mandate) : Those who begins from human feeling will end up with righteousness. Among hundred things heaven gave birth to, human being is the most noble. The way of man either comes from the interior, or enters into him through the exterior.
