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- Title
Four Elements as Ti and Five Phases as Yong: The Historical Development from Shao Yong's Huangji jingshi to Matteo Ricci's Qiankun tiyi.
- Authors
Hsu Kuang-Tai
- Abstract
The article discusses the exchanges in philosophy between the Europeans and Chinese during the early modern period, with a particular focus on the relationship between the Aristotelian concept of four elements (Ti 體), and the concept of five phases, or five elements (wuxing 五 行) in Chinese philosophy. The article heavily references the books "Qiankun tiyi (乾 坤 體 義, or Structure and Meanings of the Heaven and Earth)," by Matteo Ricci and "Huangji jingshi (皇 極 經 世, or Supreme Principles Governing the World)," by Shao Yong.
- Subjects
PHILOSOPHY; EAST-West divide; FOUR elements (Philosophy); FIVE agents (Chinese philosophy); QIANKUN tiyi (Book); SHAO, Yong, 1011-1077; RICCI, Matteo, 1552-1610; HUANGJI jingshi (Book); INTERNATIONAL cooperation; HISTORY
- Publication
East Asian Science, Technology & Medicine, 2007, Vol 27, p13
- ISSN
1562-918X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1163/26669323-02701004