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...
| Publicado en: | Contemporary Chinese Thought Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 30 - 43 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Fall2011
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| Sumario: | 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 "ben" or root and "ti" or substance, and the ontological theory on the letter "a" in Buddhist philosophy highlights a typical instance of benti transforming to "emptiness" (kong) from "reality" (shi). |
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