Philosophy of Ki

…He was promoted to the position of Minister of War in Nanjing. He formed his ideas at a time when the authority of Neo-Confucianism was beginning to waver, and was inspired by Zhang Zai's (Yangqu) theory of Liqi and Taixu (the Great Xu), to develop the "Philosophy of Qi." However, it did not have the power to lead the times, and did not have much influence at the time. In recent years, he has been highly regarded in China as a thinker of the philosophy of Qi, or materialistic philosophy, and in Japan as a thinker who placed importance on "Qi." …

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…官は南京兵部尚書に昇った。朱子学の権威が揺らぎはじめた時期に思想形成した彼は，張載(横渠)の理気･太虚論に触発されて〈気の哲学〉を構築したが，時流を導くほどの迫力はなく，当時はさしたる影響力をもたなかった。近年，中国では気の哲学＝唯物論哲学思想家として，また日本でも〈気〉重視の思想家として高く評価された。…

※「気の哲学」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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