Interpretations of virtue (de) in early China

• المؤلف الرئيسي: CHAN, Alan Kam Leung
• التنسيق: text
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• الموضوعات: Asian Studies; Philosophy
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/295; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/cis_research/article/1294/viewcontent/J_of_Chinese_Philosophy___2011___CHAN___INTERPRETATIONS_OF_VIRTUE_DE_IN_EARLY_CHINA.pdf

There is wide agreement that “virtue” finds its closest match inChinese philosophy in the concept of de . As a general concept, deconveys a sense of moral excellence, which finds expression in con-ceptually distinct virtues such as wisdom and courage. In the Confu-cian tradition it is often maintained...