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doctrine of names
Chinese philosophy
Also known as: mingjiao
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place in Chinese history
- In China: Confucianism and philosophical Daoism
…notions was called mingjiao, “the doctrine of names” (“names” in ancient Confucian parlance designating the various social functions—father, ruler, subject, etc.—that an individual could have in society). The other trend was marked by a profound interest in ontological and metaphysical problems: the quest for a permanent substratum (called ti,…
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