Mou Zongsan’s theory of “political mind and governmental doctrines” was one of the leading theoretical fruits of NeoConfucian political philosophy construction. This theory of Mou’s is theoretically independent to his view of “self hom depression of conscience”. Roughly speaking, the view of “self hom depression of conscience” attempted to answer the question how to derive the conception of democratic politics and science from Confucian theory of “internal sainting”. However, Mou’s theory of “political mind and governmental doctrines” tried to expound the value and place of Confucian theory of “benevolent government” or “governmental doctrine” in democratic politics. Today, a discriminative analysis of and reflection on Mou’s theory will no doubt trigger our further consideration on other relevant issues.

Mou Zongsan; political doctrine; governmental doctrine; political power; governmental power