The "Dominating" Heaven in Zhuxi's Thought

There's no doubt that Zhuzi School's understanding of Heaven , which is the same as Li , made great influence on later Chinese philosophy. But in fact Zhu Xi himself considered three meanings of Heaven, as "Vast" , "Li" and "Domination" and in this paper I focus on the side of "domination". First, Zhu Xi used "domination" to explain the God with strong personality character in Confucian classics. The image of gods like Daoism is rejected, while absolutely non-personal "Li" is also inappropriate for "Li" can't hear or see. Secondly, Zhu Xi actively quoted the phrase of "God gives his bless to people" in the Book of History , integrating Zhong Yong "the order of Heaven is called Xing", so as to transfer the point of God's bless to the narrative of the universal creation. In this case, the domination of Heaven refers to the endless creation and self operation. Through this conversion, Zhu Xi still remind us that the operation of Heaven itself should be regulative.