Mysticism in the Confucian Tradition

In this essay, the author examines the importance of mystical experience (shenmi tiyan) in the ethical cultivation and philosophy of Song and Ming Neo-Confucian thinkers. Drawing on scholarship in comparative religion, the author views mystical experience in Confucianism as one manifestation of an e...

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Main Author: Chen, Lai (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2015
In: Studies in Chinese Religions
Year: 2015, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 20-45
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Xinxue / Mystical experience / Religious practice / Meditation / Buddhism / Taoism / History 960-1700
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BL Buddhism
BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism
KBM Asia
TE Middle Ages
TJ Modern history
Further subjects:B Mysticism
B Learning of the Heart (Xinxue)
B Comparative Religion
B Neo-confucianism
B Mystical Experience
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