Writings, Emotions, and Oblations: The Religious-Ritual Origin of the Classical Confucian Conception of Cheng (Sincerity)

<i>Cheng</i> 誠 (sincerity) is one of the primary concepts in the Confucian tradition as well as Chinese intellectual history. Its rich implications involve dimensions of religion, ritual, folk belief, ethics, psychology, cosmology, metaphysics, aesthetics, and literature. In the Confucia...

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Main Author: Jinhua Jia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/6/382