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The Daoxue literati of the Southern Song argued an autonomous rule over the local community under the leadership of the Confucianism-oriented literati. Since they thought that the popular religious cults were not only the focal points of the local communities but also valuable methods for enlightening the ordinary people, they actively involved themselves in the popular worship. The unprecedented in- crease of the written prayers and the stele inscriptions for the local cults during the Southern Song period, in particular, obviously verifies the Daoxue literati’s active participation. In addition, they not only acknowledged the possibility of the worshiper’s com- munion with the spiritual beings but also tried to explain it through their theory of principle (li 理) and vital force (qi 氣). However, in terms of the social unrest that used to be caused by the popular worshipers’ enthusiastic participation in the pop- ular religious practices like the temple festivals, they harshly criticized it also. Due to the Daoxue literati’s local activism, therefore, the popular religious cults became one of the biggest concerns for them. Consequently, the Southern Song thinkers chose the direct and practical ap- proaches toward the popular religious cults to attain the goals of their local activism within each local community.
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Popular Religion, The Southern Song Period, Daoxue Literati, Local Activism, Li-Qi Dualism, Zhu Xi(Master Zhu), Zhen Dexiu.
