Zhang Zai
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Zhang Zai was an influential 11th-century Neo-Confucian philosopher of the Song dynasty, known for his metaphysical ideas about qi and the moral nature of the universe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Zhang Zai canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Confucian scholar
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Neo-Confucian philosopher ⓘ metaphysician ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1020 ⓘ |
| century | 11th century ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
Great Void as rarefied qi
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Heaven as moral principle ⓘ all people as one family under Heaven ⓘ human nature grounded in qi ⓘ qi as fundamental substance of reality ⓘ unity of metaphysics and ethics ⓘ |
| courtesyName | Zihou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1077 ⓘ |
| dynasty | Song dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Northern Song NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Zhang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
Chinese philosophy
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cosmology ⓘ ethics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ |
| givenName | Zai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Cheng Hao
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Cheng Yi NERFINISHED ⓘ Lu Jiuyuan NERFINISHED ⓘ Wang Yangming NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhu Xi NERFINISHED ⓘ later Neo-Confucian metaphysics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Buddhist thought
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Confucius NERFINISHED ⓘ Daoist thought ⓘ Mencius NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhou Dunyi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
doctrine that all things are transformations of qi
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idea that the universe has moral order ⓘ metaphysics of qi ⓘ moral cosmology ⓘ theory of Great Void (taixu) NERFINISHED ⓘ “Correcting Youthful Ignorance” (Zhengmeng) NERFINISHED ⓘ “Western Inscription” (Ximing) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorWork |
“Correcting Youthful Ignorance” (Zhengmeng)
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“Eastern Inscription” (Dongming) NERFINISHED ⓘ “Western Inscription” (Ximing) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Zhang Zai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Chinese ⓘ |
| occupation |
Confucian teacher
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philosopher ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Daoxue (Learning of the Way)
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Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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