On Philosophical Meaning of Negative Terms in Laozi: Revolving around 'Truthful Words Seem Contrary' (正言若反)

Negative terms are widespread in the text of Laozi; however, our understanding of their field, form and philosophical meaning is still unclear. In this paper, I intend to argue that the theoretical meaning of these terms first needs to be understood in terms of the proposition “Truthful words seem c...

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Main Author: Wang, Yiming (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2022
In: Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 12
Further subjects:B brilliant virtue
B negative words
B intuitive words
B dark virtue
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