Ming (Name) as the Bond of Individual and Community from the Perspective of Confucian Communitarianism

The relationship between the individual and the collective is one of the most important topics in Confucianism. Though this concept has been widely studied, ming 名 (meaning ‘name’), one of its most crucial categories, has not yet been deeply explored within this theoretical domain. This article disc...

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Main Author: Zhang, Jingjie 1979- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2022
In: Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 8
Further subjects:B Confucian communitarianism
B Individual
B ming 名 (name)
B zhengming 正名 (rectifying names)
B Community
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