Title: On ZHANG Zai's Philosophical Idea of the "World of Dust"
Abstract: Zhang Zai's notion of the Dao is unique because it is in effect what others mean by qi, different from the tenets proposed by Cheng Brothers, and his difference between idea and elements has a negative connotation: according to Zhang, the image after which the heaven and the earth are modeled is nothing but dust and once we step out of the physiqueless physique, the world is nothing but the dust of divinity. However, in spite of its identity as dust, the world is where the spirit of the divinity lodges and if the spirit of the divinity is disclosed, dust will turn to quintessence.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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