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A brief explanation of the Chu bamboo slips Hengxian

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Frontiers of Philosophy in China

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The discovery of Hengxian and the formation of the category of hengxian are an important recapitulation and creative integration of the theory of the ontological Dao (Tao) in the Pre-Qin period. The cosmology of “self-creating and self-functioning” in Hengxian and the theory of “self-creating and self-evolving” in Liezi and Zhuangzi can be mutually interpreted. It indicates that the theory of transformation of qi entered a quite mature state in the Warring States Period.

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    Zheng Wangeng

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Translated from Qilu Xuekan 齐鲁学刊 (Qilu Academic Journal), 2005 (1) by Yan Xin

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Zheng, W. A brief explanation of the Chu bamboo slips Hengxian . Front. Philos. China 1, 418–431 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11466-006-0017-4

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