Sincerity as the Supreme Ultimate: The Philosophy of Zhou Dunyi

Yang, Lihua

doi:10.1007/978-981-19-8481-5_8

Lihua Yang⁴

Abstract

Zhou Dunyi (周敦颐), courtesy name Mao Shu (茂叔), was born in the first year of the Tianxi era (天禧元年, 1017 A.D.) of Emperor Zhen Zong (真宗) of the Northern Song Dynasty, and died in the sixth year of the **’ning era (熙宁六年, 1073 A.D.) of the reign of Emperor Shen Zong (神宗).

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Notes

1.
Zhou Dunyi 周敦颐, The Complete Works of Zhou Dunyi (Zhou Dun Yi Ji, 《周敦颐集》), Bei**g: Zhonghua Press, 2009, p. 81.
2.
Cheng Hao say, “when I studied from Zhou Dunyi, he asked me to think of the question why Yan Hui and Confucius were so joyful.” See Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi, Er Cheng Ji, 2004, p. 16.
3.
Liang Shuming 梁漱溟, Dongxi Wenhua Jiqi Zhexue (《东西文化及其哲学》), Bei**g: Commercial Press, 1999, pp. 142–144.
4.
See Zhou Dunyi, Zhou Dun Yi Ji, 2009, ii.
5.
Zhou Dunyi, Zhou Dun Yi Ji, 2009, pp. 3–8.
6.
“In a state when all are intangible, Yin and Yang are combined, while with all kinds of shapes, Yin and Yang are divided.” See Shao Yong 邵雍, The Complete Works of Shao Yong (Shao Yong Ji, 《邵雍集》), Bei**g: Zhonghua Press, 2010, p. 144.
7.
Li **gde ed, Zhu Zi Yu Lei, 1986, p. 2374.
8.
Zhou Dunyi, Zhou Dun Yi Ji, 2009, p. 27.
9.
Zhou Dunyi, Zhou Dun Yi Ji, 2009, pp. 13–14.
10.
Zhou Dunyi, Zhou Dun Yi Ji, 2009, pp. 17–18.
11.
Zhou Dunyi, Zhou Dun Yi Ji, 2009, p. 16.
12.
Zhou Dunyi, Zhou Dun Yi Ji, 2009, p. 41.
13.
See Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi, Er Cheng Ji, 2004, p. 408.
14.
Zhou Dunyi, Zhou Dun Yi Ji, 2009, p. 20.
15.
Ibid.
16.
Zhou Dunyi, Zhou Dun Yi Ji, 2009, p. 21.
17.
Zhou Dunyi, Zhou Dun Yi Ji, 2009, p. 24.
18.
Zhou Dunyi, Zhou Dun Yi Ji, 2009, p. 30.
19.
Zhou Dunyi, Zhou Dun Yi Ji, 2009, p. 41.
20.
Zhou Dunyi, Zhou Dun Yi Ji, 2009, p. 22.
21.
Zhou Dunyi, Zhou Dun Yi Ji, 2009, p. 23.

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Yang, L. (2023). Sincerity as the Supreme Ultimate: The Philosophy of Zhou Dunyi. In: Fifteen Lectures on Chinese Philosophy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8481-5_8

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