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- Title
Structuring Reality: The Metaphysics of Harmony in Zhang Zai's Zhengmeng Philosophical System.
- Authors
Costantini, Filippo
- Abstract
The essay aims to analyze the concept and the paradigm of harmony in the metaphysical system of the Neo-Confucian philosopher Zhang Zai. It argues that Zhang Zai's concept of Great Harmony not only inherits the traditional centrality of this idea within the Confucian tradition, but actually presents the most advanced idea of harmony up to his time. In Zhang Zai's philosophy, harmony becomes the Way itself, which includes the realm of principles and the outward and functional manifestations of reality. This essay will deal with harmony in two ways: first with Zhang Zai's direct use of the concept in the Zhengmeng and second, applying the paradigm of harmony to other of Zhang Zai's key concepts such as qi, void (xu ) and natural dispositions (xing ).
- Subjects
ZHANG Zai; CONFUCIAN philosophy; CONFUCIANISM; METAPHYSICS
- Publication
Frontiers of Philosophy in China, 2020, Vol 15, Issue 2, p223
- ISSN
1673-3436
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3868/s030-009-020-0013-8