TY - JOUR
T1 - Zhou Dunyi's diagram of the Supreme Ultimate explained (Taijitu shuo)
T2 - A construction of the Confucian metaphysics
AU - Wang, Robin R.
N1 - pWang, Robin. (2005, July). Zhou Dunyi's Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate Explained ("Taijitu Shou"): A Construction of the Confucian Metaphysics. emJournal of the History of Ideas/em em66:(3)/em, 307-323./p
PY - 2005/7
Y1 - 2005/7
N2 - As Derk Bodde correctly has stated, "The theory of yin and yang, the five elements, and their correlates, has for more than two thousand years been the basis for Chinese medicine, alchemy, astronomy, and naturalistic speculation generally."' However the yin yang theory provides not only a conceptual basis for Chinese natural science but also a theoretical foundation, within Neo-Confucian moral philosophy, for its teachings on self-cultivation.
AB - As Derk Bodde correctly has stated, "The theory of yin and yang, the five elements, and their correlates, has for more than two thousand years been the basis for Chinese medicine, alchemy, astronomy, and naturalistic speculation generally."' However the yin yang theory provides not only a conceptual basis for Chinese natural science but also a theoretical foundation, within Neo-Confucian moral philosophy, for its teachings on self-cultivation.
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U2 - 10.1353/jhi.2005.0047
DO - 10.1353/jhi.2005.0047
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:27844583826
SN - 0022-5037
VL - 66
SP - 307
EP - 323
JO - Journal of the History of Ideas
JF - Journal of the History of Ideas
IS - 3
ER -