For Chinese people,the “debate on Heaven and Man”had been an ancient way to seek their last absolute values.However,the Confucian tradition of “the Mandate of Heaven”derived from the debate is encountered severe c...For Chinese people,the “debate on Heaven and Man”had been an ancient way to seek their last absolute values.However,the Confucian tradition of “the Mandate of Heaven”derived from the debate is encountered severe criticisms in modern times.On the one hand,such an idea of passively yielding to the natural world implied in the past conception of the way of Heaven gave place to the notions of “separation of Heaven from Man”and “Man’s inevitable conquest of Heaven”;on the other hand,more humanistic thoughts embodied in the conception of the way of Man came into being sequentially,and subjectivity as well as human practical activity and creativity was greatly elevated. Along with this,a series of values with modernity,such as science,power,competition and creation was set up one after another.The crisis of modernity and its immanent critique,as a matter of fact,might lead to a new interpretation of the idea of “unity between Heaven and Man”.But this idea discussed today was mainly confined to the relationship between man and nature.The “debate on Heaven and Man”as the foundation of whole values has already comes to an end.er.展开更多
文摘For Chinese people,the “debate on Heaven and Man”had been an ancient way to seek their last absolute values.However,the Confucian tradition of “the Mandate of Heaven”derived from the debate is encountered severe criticisms in modern times.On the one hand,such an idea of passively yielding to the natural world implied in the past conception of the way of Heaven gave place to the notions of “separation of Heaven from Man”and “Man’s inevitable conquest of Heaven”;on the other hand,more humanistic thoughts embodied in the conception of the way of Man came into being sequentially,and subjectivity as well as human practical activity and creativity was greatly elevated. Along with this,a series of values with modernity,such as science,power,competition and creation was set up one after another.The crisis of modernity and its immanent critique,as a matter of fact,might lead to a new interpretation of the idea of “unity between Heaven and Man”.But this idea discussed today was mainly confined to the relationship between man and nature.The “debate on Heaven and Man”as the foundation of whole values has already comes to an end.er.
