The Revival of Confucian Philosophy Through Its Interaction with Daoism
The Case of Sixth-Century Master Liu (Liuzi)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3383013 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dawid Rogacz (0000-0002-0007-7599, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1437 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel15121437 |
| OpenAlex | W4404765369 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
This paper offers the first English-language philosophical treatment of Master Liu (Liuzi 劉子)-a treatise that gives a unique insight into the intellectual life of sixth-century China. Most probably written by Liu Zhou (d. 565) and known at the Tang court, the work was later neglected due to its eclectic label. This article argues that Liuzi integrated Confucian moral philosophy with selected Daoist ideas and responded to post-Buddhist transformations of key categories of Chinese thought in a manner that anticipates many solutions characteristic of neo-Confucian lixue. This includes an innovative understanding of such categories as spirit (shen) and heart-mind (xin), feelings (qing) and desires (yu), and, finally, reliability (xin) and balancing (quan
Resonances of Neo-Confucianism
Choosing Balance
The Reification of Fate in Early China
Love and Emotions in Traditional Chinese Literature
Ordering the World
The Huang Kan Commentary on the Analects
Five Visions of Yang Zhu Before He Became a Philosopher
Yang Chu's Discovery of the Body
Sincerity (cheng) as a civic and political virtue in classical confucian philosophy
The Many Lives of Yang Zhu
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |