Culture as Human Nature in Vital Dispositions come via Mandate (Xing Zi Ming Chu, xing zi ming chu)
Culture as Human Nature in Vital Dispositions come via Mandate (Xing Zi Ming Chu, 性自命出)
This paper analyses the text Vital Dispositions Come Via Mandate (Xing Zi Ming Chu, xing zi ming chu) and argues that central to its account of the cultivation of inner virtue are the affections (qing, qing), the heart-mind (xin, xin), and the techniques of the heart-mind (xinshu, xin shu; or simply...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2025
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Asian philosophy
Year: 2025, Volume: 35, Issue: 4, Pages: 364-383 |
| Further subjects: | B
cultural forms
B Human Nature B Xing Zi Ming Chu B Philosophy of mind B Confucianism B Moral Psychology B Emotions |
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| Summary: | This paper analyses the text Vital Dispositions Come Via Mandate (Xing Zi Ming Chu, xing zi ming chu) and argues that central to its account of the cultivation of inner virtue are the affections (qing, qing), the heart-mind (xin, xin), and the techniques of the heart-mind (xinshu, xin shu; or simply ‘culture’). Qing, it is argued, are intersubjective, socio-culturally produced non-sensory data that act on the heart-mind and serve as the foundation for moral behavior. Qing is encoded in cultural forms such as Music and poetry. Hence, there is an internal relationship between qing, xin, and xinshu. Correctly understanding the connection between these and how they shape the human being will help elucidate the nature of the Confucian moral program. In foregrounding qing, this paper presents Confucian moral philosophy as grounded in a hermeneutic and sympathetic understanding of the perspective of the other. This paper analyses the text Vital Dispositions Come Via Mandate (Xing Zi Ming Chu, 性自命出) and argues that central to its account of the cultivation of inner virtue are the affections (qing, 情), the heart-mind (xin, 心), and the techniques of the heart-mind (xinshu, 心术; or simply ‘culture’). Qing, it is argued, are intersubjective, socio-culturally produced non-sensory data that act on the heart-mind and serve as the foundation for moral behavior. Qing is encoded in cultural forms such as Music and poetry. Hence, there is an internal relationship between qing, xin, and xinshu. Correctly understanding the connection between these and how they shape the human being will help elucidate the nature of the Confucian moral program. In foregrounding qing, this paper presents Confucian moral philosophy as grounded in a hermeneutic and sympathetic understanding of the perspective of the other. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-2961 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Asian philosophy
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09552367.2024.2430123 |
