Construction of the Ming in Laozi

• Main Authors: Chun-Mao Pan, 潘君茂
• Other Authors: Hui-Chen Liu
• Format: Others
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/23256340834509330962

碩士 === 國立東華大學 === 中國語文學系 === 105 === The construction of epistemology of “ming” in Lao-tzu concerns self-cultivation and the theory of perfection. Through modern collation and exploration of the moral principles in Lao-tzu, contemporary epistemology, and comparison to western culture, the life situations and mental superiority of “nature and man” in eastern culture are comprehended. “Ming” is the common wisdom in eastern culture. Lao-tzu’s “ming” can be related to western philosophy, culture, and life, and it possesses the attributes of Chinese epistemology. From the full context of Lao-tzu’s epistemology, “ming,” the highest epistemological method in Lao-tzu’s philosophy, contains the basis of modern epistemology and refers to the harmonic spirit of life, endless existence, and “tao” in eastern epistemology. In the process of “seeing,” “sensing,” and “knowing,” the highest understanding of “ming” is approached, and “ming” also combines the three. In Lao-tzu’s epistemology, “ming” is the dimension of both method and level. Several concepts like “the way of Tao,” “returning to the initial origin of life and nature,” and “whoever understands Tao seems foolish,” and the principles of personnel management are all understood.