Chinese Philosophy
CHINESE PHILOSOPHY. The major developments in Chinese philosophy during the past three thousand years will be outlined here; ideas that are essentially religious, treated elsewhere,...
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Dao and De
DAO AND DE, the "way" and "virtue," respectively, are basic Chinese philosophical concepts with particular relevance in the Daoist tradition. They are important ...
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Chinese Philosophy
This composite entry is comprised of the following sub-entries:
Overview
Buddhism
Confucianism
Contemporary
Daoism
Ethics
Language and Logic
Metaphysics and Epistemology
Religion
So...
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Contemporary
The People's Republic of China (PRC) was established in 1949 under the leadership of Chairman Mao Zedong (1893–1976). This date marks an important watershed in the developme...
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Language and Logic
This entry focuses on concepts, issues, and themes of Chinese philosophy that involve language in view of its relation to reality, thought, and logic; the discussion is thus arrange...
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Social and Political Thought
Chinese philosophy began in the sixth century BCE with social and political philosophy as a response to the collapse of traditional bronze-age feudal society (Shang and Zh...
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Chinese Logic
Systematic argument in Chinese philosophy began with the Moist school, founded in the fifth century BCE by the first anti-Confucian thinker, Mozi (c. 470–c. 391 BCE). He laid down...
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Ancient Chinese religion has been developed and influenced by a variety of beliefs and philosophies, each with separate origins. The three main teachings, Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, have combi...
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Chinese Philosophy
Chinese Philosophy
Ancient Chinese Religion & Philosophy
