A matter of taste: Qi (vital energy) and the tending of the heart (xin) in Mencius 2A2
MENCIUS2A2 offers an intriguing account of the relationship between the “heart” (xin) and qi — the “vital energy” that engenders and sustains life — and their role in self-cultivation. On the one hand, it portrays an ethical ideal marked by a heart — or “heart-mind,” as some...
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Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2002
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