The inconsistencies in Wang Chong’s Lunheng eliminated in the light of analogical reasoning

To have a coherent picture of Wang Chong’s Lunheng is difficult. Some of Lunheng’s chapters obviously show Wang’s hostility to a large part of the folklore (including the social institutions based on it) and traditional philosophical texts. In some other chapters, however, Wang appears to be more sy...

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Main Author: Xu, Yingjin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax 2022
In: Asian philosophy
Year: 2022, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 73-87
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Wang, Chong 27-97, Lunheng / Folk religion / Yin-yang / Conclusion by analogy
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Defeater
B Sacrifices
B Ghosts
B Lunheng
B Yang
B Analogy
B inconsistency
B Yin
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