Zhongyong
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Zhongyong is a classical Confucian text that expounds the ideal of moral moderation, balance, and harmony as a central path to personal virtue and good governance.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese philosophical text
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Confucian classic ⓘ Four Books of Confucianism ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
good rulership
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personal moral perfection ⓘ social order ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
Heaven (Tian)
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humaneness (ren) ⓘ ritual propriety (li) ⓘ the gentleman (junzi) ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
balance
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cosmic order ⓘ good governance ⓘ harmony ⓘ moral moderation ⓘ moral virtue ⓘ self-cultivation ⓘ the Mean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commentedOnBy |
Cheng Yi
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Zhu Xi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasizesConcept |
equilibrium
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harmony between Heaven and humanity ⓘ sincerity ⓘ |
| genre | philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTranslation |
The Doctrine of the Mean
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The Mean-in-Action NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKeyIdea |
alignment of inner disposition and outer conduct
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following the central path between excess and deficiency ⓘ |
| hasLiteralMeaning | Doctrine of the Mean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPinyin | Zhōngyōng NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStructure | prose chapters ⓘ |
| hasTitleInChinese | 中庸 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Liji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Neo-Confucianism
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Zhu Xi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| partOf | Four Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Warring States period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Confucius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn | East Asian Confucian education ⓘ |
| traditionallyAttributedTo |
Kong Ji
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Zisi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | civil service examination text ⓘ |
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