Abstract:Although the Neo-Confucianism of the Song and Ming dynasties emphasize “Xin” and “Xing”, it also has a value orientation of “praising the transformation and education of heaven and earth” to construct social order. Taking “Lǐ” as the highest principle, Confucian scholars of the Song and Ming dynasties followed the understanding of “Shì Zhě Wéi Yě” and believed that “Shì” are dynamic developments under the influence of time consciousness, and are accordingly presented as historical processes. That is “Shì Yǐ Chéng Shǐ”. This process often affected and restricted by “Shì”, thus forming the distinction between “Shì Shì” and “Lǐ Shì”. “Shì Shì” is used by Confucian scholars of the Song and Ming dynasties to express the specific background in which “Shì” unfold, as well as the future development trend. It is the unity of objectivity and inevitability; while “Lǐ Shì” refers to the regulations of everything and the inevitable trend of world change, and takes the dual connotation of course and necessity. Whether it is “Shì Shì” or “Lǐ Shì”, it involves a wider range of facts and values, and has unique metaphysical meaning in Neo-Confucianism of the Song and Ming Dynasties. In the context of “Shì Yǐ Chéng Shì”, the “Shì Zhōng Qiu Lǐ” in Neo-Confucianism of the Song and Ming dynasties can be reduced to “Shǐ Shì Qiu Lǐ”. Extending to the practical level, it points to“Shì Zhōng Qiu Lǐ”, “Shùn Shì 耘鸳r Shì” and “Shì Yǐ Chéng Shì”. The concern for the historical metaphysics of Neo-Confucianism in the Song and Ming dynasties lies in exploring the ultimate concern and realistic logic of constructing a metaphysical philosophical system in Neo-Confucianism in the Song and Ming dynasties.
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HUANG He. From “Shǐ Shì”, “Shì Shì” to “Gōng Fu”: The Historico-metaphysical Dimension of Neo-Confucianism in the Song and Ming Dynasties. , 2024, 41(2): 132-140.