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Title:: Influence of Yangming Schools thought of “neither good nor evil” on Confucian classics studies in late Ming Dynasty

Author(s):: YANG Zhao-zhong; Institute of Chinese Ideological and Caltural History, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, Fujian, China

Keywords:: Yangming School; the thought of “neither good nor evil”; academic paradigm; HUANG Dao-zhou; Confucian classics studies

Abstract:: This paper used WANG Longxi, LI Zhi, and HUANG Daozhous ideas to elaborate the influence of “neither good nor evil” on academic paradigm. The results show that Li Zhi inherited WANG 〖JP2〗Longxis thought of “neither good nor evil” to propose his “theory on Tongxin”, trying to seek ontological〖JP〗 heavenly principles; HUANG Daozhou led the academic compaign of recovering Confucian classic studies, putting forward that the focus of recovering Confucianism lies in the transition and transformation from NeoConfucianism to Confucian classics studies; the thought of “neither good nor evil” ran though that compaign and became the first motivation of the new academic paradigm in late Ming Dynasty, making NeoConfucianism turning to Confucian classics studies.