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Passions; feelings; emotions; interpreted as
(a) Human nature (which is originally tranquil) when moved and awakened and expressed in the seven feelings (joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hatred, and desire), like and dislike, and the sense of advantage and disadvantage.
(b) The impure side of man, born of the passive (yin) vital force (ch’i) as contrasted with the pure, the nature (hsing) born of the active (yang) vital force and expressed in the Five Constant Virtues (wu ch’ang).
(c) Human nature, or feelings original in or proper to man. — W.T.C.
Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
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(a) The classics, whether Confucian or Taoist. Formerly spelled king.
(b) Cardinal standards or directions in Confucian ethics and government. — W.T.C.
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(a) Reverence. (Ancient Confucianism.)
(b) Seriousness, the inner state of respect or politeness (kung). With respect to daily affairs, it is expressed in care, vigilance, attention, etc., and with respect to the laws of the universe, it is expressed in sincerity (ch’eng), especially toward the Reason (li) of things. “Seriousness is the basis of moral cultivation, the essence of human affairs, just as sincerity is the way of Heaven.” It is “to straighten one’s internal life and righteousness (i) is to square one’s external life.” It means “unity of mind and absolute equanimity and absolute steadfastness.” (Neo-Confucianism.) — W.T.C.
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Essence. “Essence and vital force (ch’i) constitute things.”
Purity; the pure nature.
Spirit; intelligence.
Concentration; unity of thought.
— W.T.C.
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(a) Tranquillityrest; passivityinactivity; “the constant feature of the passive principle.” See tung. (Confucianism.)
(b) Quietude; quiescence; interpreted by the Taoist as absence of desire and unity of thought, by Confucians in general as the original state of human nature, and by Hsun Tzu (c. 335-c. 288 B.C.) as the mind not being disturbed by such things as dreams. — W.T.C.