Zhou Dunyi’s Taijitu shuo (Explanation of the Diagram of the Great Ultimate)
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Zhou Dunyi’s *Taijitu shuo* (Explanation of the Diagram of the Great Ultimate) is an influential Song-dynasty Neo-Confucian treatise that philosophically interprets the Taiji diagram to explain the cosmological generation of yin-yang, the five phases, and moral self-cultivation.
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| Zhou Dunyi’s Taijitu shuo (Explanation of the Diagram of the Great Ultimate) canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Zhou Dunyi’s Taijitu shuo (Explanation of the Diagram of the Great Ultimate) Context triple: [Taiji (Great Ultimate), influencedBy, Zhou Dunyi’s Taijitu shuo (Explanation of the Diagram of the Great Ultimate)]
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Yijing
Yijing was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, and translator renowned for his extensive travels to India and Southeast Asia to study and transmit Buddhist teachings.
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Myten om Wu Tao-tzu
Myten om Wu Tao-tzu is a 1967 essayistic book by Swedish writer Sven Lindqvist that blends travel narrative, literary criticism, and philosophical reflection to explore art, politics, and the legend of the Chinese painter Wu Daozi.
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Guliang Commentary
The Guliang Commentary is an ancient Chinese exegesis on the Spring and Autumn Annals, offering a Confucian interpretive tradition that emphasizes moral and political lessons embedded in the terse historical text.
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School of Names
The School of Names was an ancient Chinese philosophical tradition known for its focus on logic, language, and paradoxes, often compared to early forms of analytical philosophy.
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Commentary on the Four Books
Commentary on the Four Books is Zhu Xi’s influential Neo-Confucian exegesis on the core Confucian classics that became the standard basis for civil service examinations in imperial China.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Zhou Dunyi’s Taijitu shuo (Explanation of the Diagram of the Great Ultimate) Target entity description: Zhou Dunyi’s *Taijitu shuo* (Explanation of the Diagram of the Great Ultimate) is an influential Song-dynasty Neo-Confucian treatise that philosophically interprets the Taiji diagram to explain the cosmological generation of yin-yang, the five phases, and moral self-cultivation.
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A.
Yijing
Yijing was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, and translator renowned for his extensive travels to India and Southeast Asia to study and transmit Buddhist teachings.
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B.
Myten om Wu Tao-tzu
Myten om Wu Tao-tzu is a 1967 essayistic book by Swedish writer Sven Lindqvist that blends travel narrative, literary criticism, and philosophical reflection to explore art, politics, and the legend of the Chinese painter Wu Daozi.
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C.
Guliang Commentary
The Guliang Commentary is an ancient Chinese exegesis on the Spring and Autumn Annals, offering a Confucian interpretive tradition that emphasizes moral and political lessons embedded in the terse historical text.
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D.
School of Names
The School of Names was an ancient Chinese philosophical tradition known for its focus on logic, language, and paradoxes, often compared to early forms of analytical philosophy.
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E.
Commentary on the Four Books
Commentary on the Four Books is Zhu Xi’s influential Neo-Confucian exegesis on the core Confucian classics that became the standard basis for civil service examinations in imperial China.
- F. None of above. chosen
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