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Concepts

concept records from the concepts content collection — 9 records.

id title chinese pinyin tradition evidence
jing Jing: Stillness 静 jìng Daoist (Daodejing, Zhuangzi); adopted by Neo-Confucian jingzuo ["PRIMARY SOURCE", "SCHOLARLY INTERPRETATION"]
jingzuo Jingzuo (Quiet Sitting) 静坐 jìngzuò Neo-Confucian (Song–Ming); with Daoist and Chan antecedents ["PRIMARY SOURCE", "HISTORICAL EVIDENCE", "SCHOLARLY INTERPR
qi Qi 气 qì Pan-Chinese (Daoist, Confucian, medical, cosmological) ["PRIMARY SOURCE", "SCHOLARLY INTERPRETATION"]
shouyi Shouyi (Guarding the One) 守一 shǒuyī Daoist (Han–Six Dynasties religious Daoism) ["PRIMARY SOURCE", "HISTORICAL EVIDENCE", "SCHOLARLY INTERPR
wuwei Wuwei (Non-action / Effortless Action) 无为 wúwéi Daoist (classical); also used in Confucian and Legalist discourse ["PRIMARY SOURCE", "SCHOLARLY INTERPRETATION"]
xinzhai Xinzhai (Fasting of the Mind) 心斋 xīnzhāi Daoist (classical) ["PRIMARY SOURCE", "SCHOLARLY INTERPRETATION"]
xu Xu (虚): Emptiness 虚 xū Daoist ["PRIMARY SOURCE", "SCHOLARLY INTERPRETATION"]
ziran Ziran (自然) 自然 zìrán ["PRIMARY SOURCE", "SCHOLARLY INTERPRETATION"]
zuowang Zuowang (Sitting in Oblivion) 坐忘 zuòwàng Daoist (classical); developed in Daoist religion ["PRIMARY SOURCE", "HISTORICAL EVIDENCE", "SCHOLARLY INTERPR