This paper tries to clarify the systematic relation between the idea of le(pleasure or happiness)in classical Chinese thinkers and the human psychological phenomenon of pleasure. Firstly it presents a typology of psyc...This paper tries to clarify the systematic relation between the idea of le(pleasure or happiness)in classical Chinese thinkers and the human psychological phenomenon of pleasure. Firstly it presents a typology of psychological phenomenon of pleasures; then by a contrastive analysis of Confucianism and Taoism in terms of Le, it analyzes the development of the idea in Neo-Confucianism. Finally, it reviews the problem of Le in the light of the happiness in order to display the modern value of classical thought at last.展开更多
文摘This paper tries to clarify the systematic relation between the idea of le(pleasure or happiness)in classical Chinese thinkers and the human psychological phenomenon of pleasure. Firstly it presents a typology of psychological phenomenon of pleasures; then by a contrastive analysis of Confucianism and Taoism in terms of Le, it analyzes the development of the idea in Neo-Confucianism. Finally, it reviews the problem of Le in the light of the happiness in order to display the modern value of classical thought at last.
