The Ideal of Quiescent Mind: "Mind" and "Vital Energy" in China of the fourth century b.C.

Abstract

By discussing two different theories of the human self-cultivation, one from Mengzi and the other one from Guanzi, the article seeks to address the issue of dualism in the early Chinese texts.

Keywords

• Ideal
• Quiescent
• Mind
• Vital
• Energy
• China
• fourth
• century
• b.C.