Zhou Dunyi (Chinese: 周敦頤; Wade–Giles: Chou Tun-i; 1017–1073) was a Chinese cosmologist, philosopher, and writer during the Song dynasty. He conceptualized...

The Vase with the Poet Zhou Dunyi is a traditional Chinese porcelain vase produced in 1587, during the Ming Dynasty. The Vase can be identified by its...

model. Such a diagram was first introduced by Neo-Confucian philosopher Zhou Dunyi of the Song Dynasty in his Taijitu shuo (太極圖說). The Daozang, a Taoist...

the neo-Confucianists of the Song dynasty. The Song dynasty philosopher Zhou Dunyi (1017–1073) is seen as the first true "pioneer" of neo-Confucianism, using...

According to Zhu, Zhou Dunyi was the linkage between the classical patriarchs of Confucianism that ended with Mengzi with their time. Zhou himself believed...

States period (476–221 BC) and is named for its traditional author, Zhuang Zhou, who is customarily known as "Zhuangzi" ("Master Zhuang"). The Zhuangzi consists...

equivalent to the structure of the human body." The Song-era philosopher Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073 CE) wrote the Taijitushuo (太極圖說) "Explanation of the Diagram...

Zhuang Zhou (/dʒuˈɑːŋ ˈdʒoʊ/), commonly known as Zhuangzi (/ˈdʒwɑːŋˈdzʌ/; Chinese: 莊子; literally "Master Zhuang"; also rendered in the Wade–Giles romanization...

adopted by gnostics, neopagans and occultists. Supreme Polarity (Taijitu) Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073 AD), Taoism "Explanation of the Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate"...

legitimacy to the Zhou's own rebellion. No Western Zhou bronze inscriptions mention the Xia, or any other dynasty preceding the Shang. The Zhou believed that...

Taoist, and Legalist features. The first philosophers, such as Shao Yong, Zhou Dunyi and Chang Zai, were cosmologists and worked on the I Ching. The Cheng...

Confucian Dao: Zhu Xi's Appropriation of Zhou Dunyi (2014), a study of how and why Zhu Xi chose Zhou Dunyi to be the first true Confucian Sage since...

(太極圖說, "Explanation of the Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate"), written by Zhou Dunyi, was the cornerstone of Neo-Confucianist cosmology. His brief text synthesized...

power by divine right; the Zhou transformed this claim into a legitimacy based on moral power, the Mandate of Heaven. In Zhou theology, Tian had no singular...

concepts Fuji (planchette writing) Fulu Octal Compare this statement from Zhou Dunyi's 太極圖說 Taijitu shuo "Explanation of the Supreme Polarity Diagram" :...

his use of gongans. Jizang Sengzhao Yi Xing Zhi Dun Xuanzang Huiyuan Zhou Dunyi, argued for the inseparability of metaphysics and ethics. Cheng Yi, made...

multiplicity of the world is ultimately grounded in an ineffable, empty source. Zhou Dunyi, a Song dynasty philosopher, synthesized Taoist and Confucian ideas in...

Historian, and Zhuangzi, as well as from famous Chinese thinkers like Zhu Xi, Zhou Dunyi, and Mencius. Early tai chi sources are grounded in Taiji cosmology. Taiji...

inherited from the Xia (c. 2070–1600 BCE), Shang (c. 1600–1046 BCE) and Western Zhou (c. 1046–771 BCE) dynasties. Confucianism was suppressed during the Legalist...

important Idealist Neo-Confucian. Zhang Zai – pioneering Neo-Confucian. Zhou Dunyi – Song Dynasty philosopher. Zhu Xi – one of the leading Neo-Confucians...

China's Spring and Autumn period. Serving as the royal archivist for the Zhou court at Wangcheng (in modern Luoyang), he met and impressed Confucius on...

text of the I Ching has its origins in a Western Zhou divination text called the Changes of Zhou (周易 Zhōu yì). Various modern scholars suggest dates ranging...

fire-starting mirror are fúsuì (夫遂; with 夫 "that") used in the Rites of Zhou, jīnsuì (金燧; with 金 "metal") used in the Book of Rites (below), and yángfú...

century CE. Early Taoism drew upon diverse influences, including the Shang and Zhou state religions, Naturalism, Mohism, Confucianism, various Legalist theories...

with his older brother Cheng Hao. Like his brother, he was a student of Zhou Dunyi, a friend of Shao Yong, and a nephew of Zhang Zai. The five of them along...

Shen Kuo Su Song Wang Anshi Wang Chongyang Wang Chuyi Ye Shi Zhang Zai Zhou Dunyi Zhu Xi Yuan Ming Chen Jiru Huang Zongxi Hong Zicheng Jiao Hong Jiao Yu...

Taoists and Confucians. Several sections of the works attributed to Zhuang Zhou are dedicated to critiques of the failures of Confucianism. The translator...

philosopher Confucius. It was developed in the Spring and Autumn period during the Zhou dynasty. The main concepts of this philosophy include ren (humaneness), yi...

appeared inside a lotus flower. In Chinese culture, Confucian scholar Zhou Dunyi 1017–1073) wrote (borrowing from Gautama Buddha's famous metaphor): I...

(Chinese: 性; pinyin: xìng), or human nature. A Daoist view described by Zhuang Zhou, describes xin (心) as being socialised, with environmental pressures influencing...