The Intrinsic Attributes of the Thought of Minben in Mencius from the Perspective of Proposition Combination

The proposition for the thought of minben in Mencius could be divided into five categories: the purposive proposition,institutional proposition,normative proposition,operational proposition and critical proposition,which were interrelated,mutually complementary,of different function and same orientation.The question forwarding,interpreting mode,proposition combination,theoretical structure and political inclination in Mencius had a general meaning.From the perspective of proposition combination,the Fundamentalist Confucianism(yuan dian ru xue) and the Autocratic Confucianism(zhuan zhi ru xue) have no intrinsic difference.Therefore,Fundamentalist Confucianism was a spiritual phenomenon that was matched to monarchy.This was the fundamental reason why the doctrine of Confucius and Mencius had become the ruling thoughts of autocratic monarchy in Imperial China.