DOI: 10.5176/2382-5677_PYTT14.23
Authors: Sang-bong, Jeong
Abstract:
Northern Song Confucian thinkers like Zhou Dunyi 周敦頤, Shao Yong 邵雍, Zhang Zai 張載, and the Cheng brothers(Cheng Hao 程顥 and Cheng Yi 程頤) have laid the foundations for Song and Ming Neo-Confucianism. Zhu Xi(1130-1200) compiled their philosophical thoughts. Especially he has synthesized their metaphysics in his theory of the principle li 理and material force qi 氣. Tai-ji is the most important concept in his metaphysics. And it gives the theoretical basement to his ethics. Here I try to analyze the several meanings of tai-ji. I hope that it will finally help us understand Zhu Xi’s Metaphysics.
Keywords: taiji, metaphysics, cosmology, ontology, lishengqi, liyifenshu
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