Chih

Chih

(a) Memory, (b) Purpose, will. — W.T.C.

Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Chih

Wisdom, one of the three Universally Recognized Moral qualities of man (ta te), the Three Moral Qualities of the superior man (san te), the Four Fundamentals of the moral life (ssu tuan), and the Five Constant Virtues (wu ch’ang). (Confucianism.)

Knowledge; intelligence.

Discriminate knowledge; small knowledge, which is incapable of understanding Tao.

Intuitive knowledge (liang chih). (Wang Yang-ming, 1473-1529.) — W.T.C

Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Chih

Marks, designation, pointing at (with a finger, chih), an obscure term in the logic of Kung-sun Lung (c. 400 – c. 300 B.C.) which can be interpreted as

(a) Marks or qualities of a thing. All things are marks or predicates.

(b) That which is designated by a name.

(c) An idea or concept which Kung-sun Lung used to designate the universal. — W.T.C.

Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Chih

Basic stuff; essence; solid quality; solid worth. (Confucianism). — W.T.C.

Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy