Yearning for the Lost Paradise: The "Great Unity" (datong) and Its Philosophical Interpretations
In the course of China’s history, the term datong (great unity) has been interpreted in multiple ways. This article first discusses the concept as understood in the Liji, and then focuses on the way in which the perceived loss of the “great unity” within “all-under-heaven” (tianxia) at the end of th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts)
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Asian Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/7014 |