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The Possibility of Harmony as the Virtue of Temperatment——a metaphysical criticism of Wang Chuanshan's concept of "harmony" as the virtue of temperament

Lixiang Chen

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is one of the key concepts of the concordance philosophy of Wang Chuanshan.The philosophical basis of the realization of the of myriad of things in the universe can be found in Great Harmony,with the breath of Great Harmony constituting the material cause of the universe.While the of is the motivating cause of the harmony of the myriad things in the universe.The interaction between heaven and humans conditions the of the universe.The position of humans as the dominating force in the universe has determined that humans are to the will of heaven and set up the poles, and to succeed is to fulfill the perfection of the virtue of temperament of humans.

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is one of the key concepts of the concordance philosophy of Wang Chuanshan.The philosophical basis of the realization of the of myriad of things in the universe can be found in Great Harmony,with the breath of Great Harmony constituting the material cause of the universe.While the of is the motivating cause of the harmony of the myriad things in the universe.The interaction between heaven and humans conditions the of the universe.The position of humans as the dominating force in the universe has determined that humans are to the will of heaven and set up the poles, and to succeed is to fulfill the perfection of the virtue of temperament of humans.

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is one of the key concepts of the concordance philosophy of Wang Chuanshan.The philosophical basis of the realization of the of myriad of things in the universe can be found in Great Harmony,with the breath of Great Harmony constituting the material cause of the universe.While the of is the motivating cause of the harmony of the myriad things in the universe.The interaction between heaven and humans conditions the of the universe.The position of humans as the dominating force in the universe has determined that humans are to the will of heaven and set up the poles, and to succeed is to fulfill the perfection of the virtue of temperament of humans.

Key concepts: Harmony (color), Heaven, Virtue, Perfection, Epistemology, Philosophy, Metaphysics, Criticism

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