A Study on Wang Gen’s Theory on Honoring the Body

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10.2991/emcm-15.2016.101How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Honor the Body; Wang Gen; Investigate Things in the South of Huai; Ontology; Civilian

Abstract

Wang Gen’s theory of honoring the body shows a profound significance and is worthwhile for us to explore. Its theoretical source is his view of investigating things in the south of Huai, which is quite different from Zhu Xi’s and Wang Yangming’s views and lays a foundation for the theory of honoring the body. And the theory of honoring the body has meaningful connotations. This paper analyzes the connotation of honoring thebody from Wang Gen’s own interpretations and reveals the lives’ value through Wang Gen’s philosophy idea. Wang Gen thinks that the body and the Tao originally is the same thing. He thinks highly of the value of honoring the body. At last, this paper discusses the influence of Wang Gen’s theory of honoring the body. Wang Gen’s theory makes Confucian more civilian and more close to the common people’s life, which has a great influence to the promotion of the Confucian’s philosophy and humanity thoughts.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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