Inquiry into the Origin of Humanity

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Inquiry into the Origin of Humanity is a philosophical and religious treatise by the Tang dynasty Buddhist scholar Zongmi that explores the nature, origins, and moral condition of human beings within a Buddhist framework.

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instanceOf Buddhist scholar
Buddhist text
Tang dynasty monk
philosophical treatise
religious treatise
aim to explain human origins and moral condition in Buddhist terms
to reconcile Buddhist doctrine with Chinese moral philosophy
associatedWith Chan Buddhism NERFINISHED
Huayan Buddhism NERFINISHED
associatedWork Inquiry into the Origin of Humanity NERFINISHED
author Zongmi NERFINISHED
century 9th century
countryOfOrigin China
discusses Buddhist ethics
human nature
ignorance and enlightenment
karmic causality
moral cultivation
doctrinalContext Chinese Buddhism NERFINISHED
framework Buddhist framework
genre philosophical treatise
religious treatise
hasAuthorRole Zongmi NERFINISHED
historicalContext Sinicization of Buddhism NERFINISHED
influencedBy Confucian ethical discourse
Daoist thought
Mahayana Buddhism NERFINISHED
language Classical Chinese NERFINISHED
mainTopic moral condition of human beings
nature of human beings
origin of humanity
philosophicalTheme integration of Buddhist doctrine with Chinese ethical concerns
relationship between original nature and moral behavior
philosophicalTradition Buddhist philosophy
Chinese philosophy
region East Asia
religiousTheme Buddhist soteriology
religiousTradition Buddhism NERFINISHED
Buddhism NERFINISHED
timePeriod Tang dynasty NERFINISHED

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Zongmi wrote Inquiry into the Origin of Humanity