The discovery of Hengxian and the formation of the category of hengxian are an important recapitulation and creative integration of the theory of the ontological Dao (Tao) in the Pre-Qin period. The cosmology of self-creating and self-functioning in Hengxian and the theory of self-creating and self-evolving in Liezi and Zhuangzi can be mutually interpreted. It indicates that the theory of transformation of qi entered a quite mature state in the Warring States Period.
Zheng Wangeng
. A brief explanation of the Chu bamboo slips Hengxian[J]. Frontiers of Philosophy in China, 2006
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DOI: 10.1007/s11466-006-0017-4