Concepts
concept records from the concepts content collection — 18 records.
| id | title | chinese | pinyin | tradition | evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dao | Dao (道): The Way | 道 | dào | Daoist | ["PRIMARY SOURCE", "SCHOLARLY INTERPRETATION"] |
| de | De (德): Virtue, Power, Integrity | 德 | dé | Daoist | ["PRIMARY SOURCE", "SCHOLARLY INTERPRETATION"] |
| fan | Fan (反): Reversal and Return | 反 | fǎn | Daoist | ["PRIMARY SOURCE", "SCHOLARLY INTERPRETATION"] |
| 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 |
| ming | Ming (命): Life, Fate, and the Allotted Force | 命 | mìng | Daoist (Zhuangzi; later internal alchemy) | ['PRIMARY SOURCE', 'SCHOLARLY INTERPRETATION'] |
| pu | Pu (朴): The Uncarved Block | 朴 | pǔ | Daoist | ["PRIMARY SOURCE", "SCHOLARLY INTERPRETATION"] |
| 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 |
| wu-you | Wu and You (无/有): Non-being and Being | 无 / 有 | wú / yǒu | Daoist | ["PRIMARY SOURCE", "SCHOLARLY INTERPRETATION"] |
| wuwei | Wuwei (Non-action / Effortless Action) | 无为 | wúwéi | Daoist (classical); also used in Confucian and Legalist discourse | ["PRIMARY SOURCE", "SCHOLARLY INTERPRETATION"] |
| Xing (性): The Inborn Nature | 性 | xìng | Daoist (Zhuangzi; later internal alchemy) | ['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"] |
| yi | Yi (意): Intention and the Directed Mind | 意 | yì | Daoist and related Chinese practice traditions (term shared across schools) | ['PRIMARY SOURCE', 'TRADITIONAL / LINEAGE INTERPRETATION'] |
| yin-yang | Yin-Yang (阴阳): The Paired Aspects | 阴阳 | yīnyáng | Shared Warring States cosmology (Yin-Yang school); adopted into Daoism | ["PRIMARY SOURCE", "SCHOLARLY INTERPRETATION"] |
| ziran | Ziran (自然) | 自然 | zìrán | Daoist (classical); with Confucian echoes | ["PRIMARY SOURCE", "SCHOLARLY INTERPRETATION"] |
| zuowang | Zuowang (Sitting in Oblivion) | 坐忘 | zuòwàng | Daoist (classical); developed in Daoist religion | ["PRIMARY SOURCE", "HISTORICAL EVIDENCE", "SCHOLARLY INTERPR |