Durand Lee | Philosophy | Wang Bi

First, the end of the worship of the principal and the end

Regarding the end of the book, Wang Bi has two expressions: the end of the chongben and the end of the chongxin. In contrast, the "end of the worship of the principal and the interest" is more complicated.

"Chongben Xi Mo" is found in the "Lao Tzu Zhi Luo": "The book of Lao Tzu can almost be summed up in a word. belch! That's all there is to it. "Worship the original to the end, and keep the mother to save the son." "Breath" has both the meaning of extinction and the meaning of life. "End" refers to something excessive, evil. The "end" of "chongben and the end" in Lao Tzu refers to natural principles such as benevolence and righteousness.

There is no contradiction between the end of the chongben and the end of the chongxin. "Chongben and the end" is to worship the foundation of the Tao and the end of benevolence, and the "end" of "chongxin" does not belong to the category of benevolence, so it is necessary to stop revering the original.

Second, the end of the lofty

Wang Bi first criticized the orthodox pseudonymism since the two Han Dynasties. Traditional famous religions are partial to externalization, formalization, hypocrisy, and utilitarianism. Moral behavior gradually leads to its own opposite.

Wang Bi then looked for the root of the famous religion from the metaphysical level, and this root was "Tao" or "nothingness." "If the mother has already had a son, and the worship of the original is the end, then the form and name are not born, and the great beauty is matched with the heavens and the hua is not done." "Ben" refers to nothingness, Tao, and oneness, and "end" refers to the specific artifact level. "Lifting" refers to positive maintenance. The relationship between the end and the end is also the relationship between mother and child: "Mother, benye; son, end also." To know the end of the book, not to give up the end of the end. "To save the famous religion, we must return to the Tao of the Mother and the Mother.

Wang Bi then communicated the Tao with nature: "Therefore, the tao is natural, and the tao is the same as nature." Therefore, to have the Tao as the Entity means to take nature as the Essence.