Analysis on Ye Shi’s Outlook on Righteousness and Benefit

Abstract

Ye Shi advocated the combination of righteousness and benefit. Ye Shi himself did not refute morality and his main objection was towards the empty talks of Taoism and Mind-philosophy. They rejected the utility and diametrically opposed Righteousness and Benefit. During the criticizing process of Taoism and Mind-philosophy, Ye Shi gradually established his ethical thoughts system and advocated the combination of righteousness and benefit’s relationship, which therefore developed a school of his own during ideological battlement in Southern Song Dynasty.