Xiaojiao Cui

Jul 29, 2024 | chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Yan Lin |Xiaojiao Cui |Pinxin Liu |Zihan Wang

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Nov 13, 2023 | mdpi.com | Xiaojiao Cui

1. IntroductionIn the world of early Chinese thought, De 德 is undoubtedly an extremely important and difficult concept to understand. The importance and complexity of De is of course due, on the one hand, to its own rich philosophical implications and interpretative possibilities and, on the other hand, to the fact that its connotations and interpretations have often differed among different schools of thought or philosophers, containing a wealth of “internal differences” (Zheng 2009, p. 7).

Nov 7, 2023 | mdpi.com | Xiaojiao Cui

1. IntroductionAs a central philosophical concept in early Daoism, Oneness (一 yi) carries theoretical significance in terms of cosmogony and cosmology, political governance, and personal cultivation. Beginning with the Laozi 老子, Oneness in early Daoism primarily relates to Dao and often appears as a synonym of Dao.