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For example, Chen Chun in his essay above includes “five ministers,” but this diagram illustrates the most common identification of the lineage which became Neo-Confucian orthodoxy. https://fourbooks.org/learning-of-the-way daily 0.75 2025-02-21 https://fourbooks.org/order-of-reading-books daily 0.75 2025-01-22 https://fourbooks.org/flashcards daily 0.75 2025-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e6c5d6cf70d4283dcdac07/1729247050770-Z6U2G92AOTWIUFCP9ASI/cards-ruism-thumb.jpeg Flashcards for Confucian Concepts 《儒字識牌》 1. The Noble Man https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e6c5d6cf70d4283dcdac07/1729131384730-OXCECPI4QL603Q9PCTWX/cards-virtue-thumb.jpg Flashcards for Confucian Concepts 《儒字識牌》 2. The Five Virtues https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e6c5d6cf70d4283dcdac07/1729128235163-PZ00EL6JTLXE4QH4N959/cards-nature-thumb.jpg Flashcards for Confucian Concepts 《儒字識牌》 3. 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Man’s Mind and Character https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e6c5d6cf70d4283dcdac07/b878641c-dfe6-4676-a589-9142e3ad9d2c/cards-ru-rujia.jpeg Flashcards for Confucian Concepts 《儒字識牌》 - Rújiā THE CONFUCIAN SCHOOL https://fourbooks.org/flashcards/nature-and-reality daily 0.75 2024-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e6c5d6cf70d4283dcdac07/9bd7bdc7-b6a8-49ef-ae6b-c4500cc74628/cards-nature-1+tian+%E5%A4%A9.jpeg Flashcards for Confucian Concepts: Nature & Reality - Tiān HEAVEN, NATURE “Does Heaven say anything?” 天何言哉？ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e6c5d6cf70d4283dcdac07/10b8b850-d715-467a-bcd3-a2f9f19edcbf/cards-nature-2+li+%E7%90%86.jpeg Flashcards for Confucian Concepts: Nature & Reality - lǐ ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE “Principle is one but its manifestations are many.” 理一而分殊。 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e6c5d6cf70d4283dcdac07/30abdd39-636a-4559-a42c-48ff58e87c72/cards-nature-3+qi+%E6%B0%A3.jpeg Flashcards for Confucian Concepts: Nature & Reality - qì ANIMATED FORCE “The two animated forces of yin and yang form the substance of things.” 陰陽二氣為物之體。 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e6c5d6cf70d4283dcdac07/a602bb5f-dc9b-463e-b72f-7b7bedb18e11/cards-nature-4+ming+%E5%91%BD.jpeg Flashcards for Confucian Concepts: Nature & Reality - mìng DECREE, DESTINY, FATE “What is endowed by Heaven is destiny.” 天所賦為命。 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e6c5d6cf70d4283dcdac07/7cc4cd2c-d23f-42a9-afec-5a67fb80af2a/cards-nature-5+dao+%E9%81%93.jpeg Flashcards for Confucian Concepts: Nature & Reality - Dào THE WAY [OF MAN] “It is man that can make the Way great.” 人能弘道。 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e6c5d6cf70d4283dcdac07/0ab89f6c-324b-43d7-b744-4b38102cbc81/cards-nature-6+taiji+%E5%A4%AA%E6%A5%B5.jpeg Flashcards for Confucian Concepts: Nature & Reality - tàijí GREAT ULTIMATE “The Great Ultimate by activity generates yang and by tranquillity yin.” 太極動而生陽，靜而生陰。 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e6c5d6cf70d4283dcdac07/aa958376-0ee1-4149-aef8-806baf6e9065/cards-nature-7+yin+%E9%99%B0.jpeg Flashcards for Confucian Concepts: Nature & Reality - 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