Qing

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In Chinese philosophy, qing (Chinese: ; pinyin: qíng) is a concept translated variously as "emotion", "feeling", "sentiment", or "passion".

In Confucianism

In Confucian thought, qing is interpreted as the behavioural quality of a person given their context, which may be bettered through the cultivation of ren (humaneness), li (ritual propriety), and yi (righteousness) to build de, or virtuous moral character.[1] Confucian scholars, such as Han Yu, traditionally identified seven basic emotions (七情 qīqíng),[2] named in the Book of Rites as happiness (), anger (), grief (), fear (), love (), hate (), and desire ().[3][4]

Neo-Confucians understand qing as products of environmental circumstances affecting xing, or innate human nature.[2] This interpretation of qing as an emotional concept, especially as connected to xing, arose after the Warring States period.

In Daoism

Daoist teaching aims to free a person from the passions (qing), as articulated by Zhuang Zhou: “[The sage] has the shape of a man, but without qing”. (Zhuangzi ch.5)[5]

See also

  • Ganqing
  • Xin

References

  1. Ivanhoe & Van Norden (2001), p. 389-393.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Theobald (2010).
  3. Ivanhoe (2015), p. 33.
  4. Nelson (2018), pp. 200-201.
  5. Averill & Sundararajan (2014), p. 39.

Bibliography

  • Pawlik, Kurt; D’Ydewalle, Géry, eds (2014). "Passion and qing: Intellectual histories of emotion, West and East". Psychological Concepts: An International Historical Perspective. Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Psychology Press. pp. 101–139. doi:10.4324/9781003076384-6. ISBN 9781003076384. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003076384-6/passion-qing-intellectual-histories-emotion-west-east-james-averill-louise-sundararajan. 
  • Ivanhoe, P.J.; Van Norden, B.W., eds (2001). Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy (2nd ed.). Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Co.. p. 389-393. 
  • Ivanhoe, Philip J. (2015). "The Historical Significance and Contemporary Relevance of the Four-Seven Debate". Philosophy East and West 65 (2): 401–429. doi:10.1353/pew.2015.0029. https://www.cityu.edu.hk/ceacop/kpcp/draft_paper/Four Seven.pdf. 
  • Nelson, Eric S. (2018). "Confucian Relational Hermeneutics, the Emotions, and Ethical Life". in Fairfield, Paul; Geniusas, Saulius. Relational Hermeneutics: Essays in Comparative Philosophy. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781350077942. https://philarchive.org/archive/NELCRH. 
  • Theobald, U. (2010). "Chinese Thought and Philosophy: Neo-Confucianism". http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Literature/Classics/neoconfucianism.html. 




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