Qing (concept)
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In Chinese philosophy, qing (情) is a concept translated variously as "reality", "feelings,"[1] "genuine", "essence", "disposition", or "emotion". Neo-Confucians understand qing as products of environmental circumstances affecting xing, or innate human nature.[2] This interpretation of qing as an emotional or dispositional concept, especially as connected to xing, arose after the Warring States period. A broader, or at least earlier, Confucian interpretation would be the behavioral quality of a person given their context. For Confucians, who emphasized cultivation of ren (humaneness), li (ritual propriety), and yi (righteousness) to build de, or virtuous moral character.[3]
See also[edit]
- Xin, a related concept
References[edit]
- ^ Hansen, C. Daoist-oriented interpretations: Concept Articles. URL= <http://www.philosophy.hku.hk/ch/concepts.htm>
- ^ Theobald, U. (2010). Chinese thought and philosophy: Neo-Confucianism. URL=<http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Literature/Classics/neoconfucianism.html>
- ^ Ivanhoe, P.J., & Van Norden, B.W. (Eds.) (2001). Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy, 2nd Ed. Hackett Publishing Co.: Indianapolis, p. 389-393
