Selected Poems of Cheng Hao

Cheng Hao (1032-1085), a philosopher, educator and founder of Neo-Confucianism in the Northern Song Dynasty. His courtesy name is Bochun, and scholars call him Mr. Mingdao. A native of Luoyang (now part of Henan). In the Shenzong Dynasty, Prince Zhongyun was appointed to supervise the censor Li Xing. Oppose Wang Anshi's New Deal. He put forward the propositions that "Heaven is the principle" and "the mind alone is heaven, and when it is exhausted, it is knowledge", and believed that "the benevolent is completely the same as the things, and justice, etiquette, knowledge and faith are all benevolence". If you understand this principle, you must "keep it with sincerity and respect" (ibid.). Advocate the theory of "telepathy". Acknowledge that "the principles of heaven and earth and all things, there must be a right and a correct one." Cheng Hao and his younger brother Cheng Yi, known as "Er Cheng" in the world, were both the founders of Neo-Confucianism in the Northern Song Dynasty. Their theories occupied an important position in the history of the development of Neo-Confucianism. They were later inherited and developed by Zhu Xi, and were known as the "Cheng-Zhu School" in the world. He personally wrote "Ding Ding Shu" and "Shi Ren Pian", etc., And later generations collected his remarks and compiled the writing books "Suicide Notes" and "Collected Works", etc., Which are all included in "Er Cheng Quanshu".