Creation of the Concept of Benti and Theory of Ontology in Chinese Philosophy.

The article discusses the definitions of "benti" and the ontology theory in Chinese philosophy. It says that "benti" appeared as a compound term in the Han dynasty book "Book of Changes," by Yijing," and has been philosophically taken as the mind and nature. It states that the term was derived from...

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Published in:	Contemporary Chinese Thought Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 30 - 43
Main Author:	Shiling, Xiang
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Fall2011
Subjects:	Chinese language Ontology Chinese philosophy Buddhist philosophy Substance (Philosophy) Han dynasty, China, 202 B.C.-220 A.D. Terms & phrases China
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