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Reproduction, familiarity, love, and humaneness

how did Confucius reveal "humaneness"?

Hongxing Chen

pp. 21-34

"Humaneness' is a core category in Confucian philosophy. This article attempts to highlight the subtle connections among a set of concepts that are central to this philosophy, namely "reproduction" 生 (sheng), "familiarity" 親 (qin), "love" 愛 (ai), and "humaneness' 仁 (ren), and thus to investigate how Confucius appropriated "humaneness' as an exclusively Confucian term.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-4000-9_3

Full citation:

Chen, H. (2017)., Reproduction, familiarity, love, and humaneness: how did Confucius reveal "humaneness"?, in X. Yao (ed.), Reconceptualizing Confucian philosophy in the 21st century, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 21-34.