Several modalities of the body-mind relationship in traditional Chinese philosophy

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  • Department of Philosophy, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

Published date: 05 Sep 2007

Abstract

Ancient Chinese philosophers were inclined to preserve the doctrine of a unified body and mind rather than to engage in a discussion on the separation of the two. In addition, most traditional Chinese philosophers stressing in particular the function of mind. Based on the tradition of believing in the concept of qi, they traced the cause of their spiritual activities to the natural effect of the qi. The modalities display a phenomenological characteristic that looks at mental activities lightly, and examines language and action as a natural revelation of material force, qi.

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ZHANG Xuezhi . Several modalities of the body-mind relationship in traditional Chinese philosophy[J]. Frontiers of Philosophy in China, 2007 , 2(3) : 379 -401 . DOI: 10.1007/s11466-007-0024-0

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