'Hsing' (nature) as the ontological basis of practicality in early Ch'ing Ch'eng-Chu Confucianism: Li Kuang-ti's (1642-1718) philosophy.

From: Philosophy East and West | Date: January 1, 1994| Author: | Copyright information

The Ch'eng-Chu school of Sung Learning during the early Ch'ing period, exemplified by the philosophy of Li Kuang-ti, responded to Ch'ing concerns for practicality while maintaining continuity with earlier Confucian thought. Major concerns of the early Ch'ing period, which were reflected in the thought of Li Kuang-ti, included the ontological primacy of the goodness of human nature ('hsing'), 'hsing' as the basis for action and a monistic conception of 'hsing.'

It is both a platitude and a truism to say that the early Ch'ing intellectual world saw the diminution of the Sung-Ming tao-hsueh ...

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