EAS100Y1 Midterm: Midterm Chinese terms.docx
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Emptiness is the fasting of the mind self cultivation. This involes a mediatiational practice of sitting and forgetting . Empty people"s mind and spirit, quell articulated thought and the dao will gather there. Zhuangzi- steps to be free are: forget benevolence and righteousness (the self, forget one"s body (ritual propriety and music, fasting of the mind (xinzhai , sit in forgetfulness (zuowang ) Sit in forgetfulness is fasting of mind to interiorize dao. Raw substance ( ): basic substance or disposition. Confucius notes the need to refine or socialize one"s disposition through culture patterns. A way or process of preserving self. E. g butcher ding: concerning the episode of the chef who was able to dismember a whole cow without once nicking his knife because he had inserted it between materials in accordance with order of universe. His technique precisely illustrates proper care of life. Confucius believed that society functions best if everyone respected laws and behaved.
