The Idea of Supreme Peace (Taiping) in Premodern Chinese Philosophies of History
The paper examines the development of the idea of Supreme Peace (taiping 太平) in premodern Chinese philosophies of history. It is shown that while Daoists identified it with the pristine unity of humans and nature, Han Confucians equated Supreme Peace with the harmonious social system under the rule...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2022-01-01
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| Series: | Asian Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/10305 |