Shuhai Wenyuan Philosophical Characters

Philosophically Significant Characters

The translation into European languages of some Chinese terms tends to leave out more information than is conveyed. For this reason, sinologists and philosophers have endeavored to elaborate the meanings of these terms. Of this large body of scholarship, the Shuhai Wenyuan Lexicon contains philosophical excerpts pertaining to the following terms:

Ba4 (pa) 霸
Cheng2 (ch'eng) 成
Cheng2 (ch'eng) 誠
Chi3 (chih) 恥
Da4 (ta) 大
Dao4 (tao) 道
De2 (teh) 德
Fa3 (fa) 法
He2 (ho) 和
Jiao4 (chiao) 教
Jun1 (chün) 君
Li3 (li) 禮
Min2 (min) 民
Ming2 (ming) 名
Ming4 (ming) 命
Qi4 (ch'i) 氣
Qing2 (ch'ing) 情
Ren2 (jen) 人
Ren2 (jen) 仁
Shan4 (shan) 善
Sheng1 (sheng) 生
Sheng4 (sheng) 聖
Shi4 (shih) 士
Shi4 (shih) 勢
Shu4 (shu) 恕
Si1 (ssu) 思
Tian1 (t'ien) 天
Wang2 (wang) 王
Wen2 (wen) 文
Wu4 (wu) 物
Xian2 (hsien) 賢
Xiao4 (hsiao) 孝
Xin1 (hsin) 心
Xin4 (hsin) 信
Xing2 (hsing) 刑
Xing4 (hsing) 性
Xue2 (hsüeh) 學
Yi4 (i) 易
Zheng4 (cheng) 正
Zheng4 (cheng) 政
Zhi1 (chih) 知
Zhi4(chih) 智
Zhong1 (chung) 中
Zui4 (tsui) 罪