Abstract
Discusses the importance of ritual in the moral theories of Sung neo-Confucians by focusing on Confucian Chang Tsai's thought. Importance of Chang's contribution to the formulation of a monistic ontology and a materialist notion of the cosmos based on the concept of chi; Cosmic hierarchy; Cosmos of matter; Corporeal nature of human existence.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 201-228 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | Philosophy East and West |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1993 |
Keywords
- Religious rituals
- Buddhism
- Morality
- Rituals
- Learning
- Human nature
- Funerary rituals
- Humans
- Soul
- Nature