Reasserting the primacy of xing (human nature) and self-cultivation (xiushen): Li Cai’s (1529-1607) defense of Confucianism against the interpenetration of the three teachings

By the late Ming, the concept of ‘the mind/heart-cum-principle’ 心即理 had generated confusion in the relations between xing (human nature) and xin (mind/heart). Moreover, with the increasing interpenetration of the three teachings of Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism, some scholars became gravely conc...

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Main Author: Li, Lunan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax 2023
In: Asian philosophy
Year: 2023, Volume: 33, Issue: 3, Pages: 233-249
Further subjects:B xing性
B self-cultivation修身
B Three Teachings
B Li Cai 李材
B Confucianism
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