Title: From"Fate of Heaven"to"Heaven"——The Prelusion of the Concept"Way of Heaven"in Dongzhou Dynasty
Abstract: The religious beliefThe Regular Course of Fate of Heavenin Xizhou Dynasty has to be manifested through the formthe regular course of heavento a large degree,which initiates the transformation from the belief ofFate of Heavento the epistemologicalnatural law.With the enhancement of people's rational knowledge in Zhou Dynasty, the conceptRegular coursegradually ran out from the field of religious worship.Regular course,then,was to be understood through process,dynamic,change and relationship,manifested specifically in the emphasis on these concepts-Regularity,Unchangeablility,Extremity,Yin and YangandFive Elements.All these contributed a lot to the prelude of the transformation and rise of the conceptWay of heavenin Dongzhou Dynasty.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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