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Definition of 心性 in the Chinese dictionary
Psychological 1. Temperament; character. 2. Chinese classical philosophy, refers to the "heart" and "sex." When the Warring States period, Mencius said "with all his heart". Since then, Buddhism has had a lot of heart-talk and Zen Buddhism has always believed that the heart is sex. Song Ru also talkative heart, but each explanation is different. Cheng Yi p Zhu Xi so that "sex" that is "God", "the heart, the gods of mankind, so all things should be with the public also." Therefore, "heart" and "sex" are different. Lu Jiuyuan advocated "mind that is rational," that "heart" "sex" indiscriminate. Although different, they are idealistic. In the early Qing Dynasty, Wang Fuzhi and later Dai Zhen made some materialistic explanations of the mind. Descendants also "learning of the mind" called Song Ming studies. 心性 1.性情;性格。
2.中国古典哲学范畴,指"心"和"性"。战国时孟子有"尽心知性"之说。其后佛教各宗盛谈心性,禅宗认为心即是性,倡明心见性,顿悟成佛。宋儒亦喜谈心性,但各家解说亦不一。程颐p朱熹等以为"性"即"天理","心者,人之神明,所以具众理而应万事者也。"故"心""性"有别。陆九渊则主张"心即理也",认为"心""性"无别。其说虽不同,而均属唯心主义。清初王夫之和后来的戴震等人对心性作了一些唯物主义的阐说。后人亦以"心性之学"称宋明理学。
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «心性» OVER TIME
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8 CHINESE BOOKS RELATING TO «心性»
Discover the use of 心性 in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to 心性 and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Chinese literature.