Abstract:
The most essential proposition in the depths of the original Chinese culture is the idea that “the emperor's reign contains no relation but virtue.” The proposition occurs in form of “two worlds”, which sketches the essential character and distinctions of the relation between man and heaven in Chinese philosophy. Its primary meaning is neither “morality” or “virtue” but the existence itself and sustentation of life through it, extended to benefaction and reward for virtue. The proposition was initially political and then was stretched into a philosophic category, belonging to the same category as “nature”. “Virtue” with its cultural, political and historical connotation exerted enormous influence on Confucianist view of humanity and also determined the sense of “Tao” of Laozi which was characteristic individually of Chinese philosophy and different from logos or general principle of Western philosophy.
