liangzhi

Chinese philosophy

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Confucian thought

  • Confucius
    In Confucianism: Confucian learning in Jin, Yuan, and Ming

    This he later identified as liangzhi (“good conscience”), by which he meant innate knowledge or a primordial existential awareness possessed by every human being. He further suggested that good conscience as the heavenly principle is inherent in all beings from the highest spiritual forms to grass, wood, bricks, and stone.…

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