The Metaphysics of the “Mandate of Heaven” (<i>Tianming</i> 天命): Ethical Interpretations in the Zisi School—An Examination Based on the Guodian Confucian Bamboo Slips

By reconstructing the concept of the “Mandate of Heaven”, the Zisi School grounded the universality of Confucian ethics in the ontological stipulations of Heaven’s Way, bridging the intellectual gap between Confucius’s practical ethics and Mencius’s theory of mind-nature. Central to their framework...

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Main Author: Ying Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-06-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16/6/743
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