In Chinese philosophy, qing ( Chinese: 情; pinyin: qíng) is a concept translated variously as "emotion", "feeling", "sentiment", or "passion".
In Confucian thought, qing is interpreted as the behavioural quality of a person given their context, which may be bettered through the cultivation of ren (humaneness), li (ritual propriety), and yi (righteousness) to build de, or virtuous moral character. [1] Confucian scholars, such as Han Yu, traditionally identified seven basic emotions ( 七情 qīqíng), [2] named in the Book of Rites as happiness ( 喜), anger ( 怒), grief ( 哀), fear ( 懼), love ( 愛), hate ( 惡), and desire ( 欲). [3] [4]
Neo-Confucians understand qing as products of environmental circumstances affecting xing, or innate human nature. [2] This interpretation of qing as an emotional concept, especially as connected to xing, arose after the Warring States period.
Daoist teaching aims to free a person from the passions (qing), as articulated by Zhuang Zhou: “[The sage] has the shape of a man, but without qing”. ( Zhuangzi ch.5) [5]
In Chinese philosophy, qing ( Chinese: 情; pinyin: qíng) is a concept translated variously as "emotion", "feeling", "sentiment", or "passion".
In Confucian thought, qing is interpreted as the behavioural quality of a person given their context, which may be bettered through the cultivation of ren (humaneness), li (ritual propriety), and yi (righteousness) to build de, or virtuous moral character. [1] Confucian scholars, such as Han Yu, traditionally identified seven basic emotions ( 七情 qīqíng), [2] named in the Book of Rites as happiness ( 喜), anger ( 怒), grief ( 哀), fear ( 懼), love ( 愛), hate ( 惡), and desire ( 欲). [3] [4]
Neo-Confucians understand qing as products of environmental circumstances affecting xing, or innate human nature. [2] This interpretation of qing as an emotional concept, especially as connected to xing, arose after the Warring States period.
Daoist teaching aims to free a person from the passions (qing), as articulated by Zhuang Zhou: “[The sage] has the shape of a man, but without qing”. ( Zhuangzi ch.5) [5]