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This article proceeds along the following steps. First, we show Wang Chuanshan’s morality-infused cosmology through his ideas of “qi”, “yin and yang”, “tai-ji” and “qian-qun;” then we will display Wang’s so-called “dao,” which is the way whereby one deals with all things and creatures to display the immanence of tai-ji while “qi” is the employment of all things and creatures to reveal their “capacities” and “effects.” Finally, based on the argument above, it is concluded that Wang’s doctrine of “dao-qi” is neither abstract nor metaphysical; in other words, it addresses not the relationship between metaphysical principles and individual creatures and things. Based on the moral assumptions of Wang’s cosmology, “dao-qi” is the confirmation of man’s value, responsibility and status, displaying actually Wang’s ideal in culture.