Dai Zhen Quotes on Knowledge
Dai Zhen was a Chinese Confucian philosopher and philologist of the High Qing period, the most influential figure of the school of evidential research, or kaozheng, that dominated eighteenth-century Chinese intellectual life. This page collects quotes attributed to Dai Zhen on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Dai Zhen:
“The Cheng-Zhu doctrine has read into the Mencius what is not there; we must read what is there.”
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Attributed to Dai Zhen:
“Philology is not the rival of philosophy; it is the soil in which philosophy must root itself.”
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Attributed to Dai Zhen:
“The classics are not the tomb of the sages; they are the soil from which the present generation must again grow.”
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“This is a footnote to our gay-marriage discussion. A woman in India last week married a snake . And it was done at a traditional Hindu ceremony attended by 2,000 people. Now, I would like to ask the proponents of gay marriage, which after all violates traditions going back through all of human history, to now absolutely positively guarantee that the next movement is not going to be allowing people to marry their pet horse, dog or cat. And you know what? Given the anything-goes culture we live in, I don't think they can deliver that guarantee.”
Henninger, D. (Commentator). (2006, June 10). Journal Editorial Report . New York: Fox News Channel . -
“Henninger, D. (Commentator). (2006, June 10). Journal Editorial Report . New York: Fox News Channel .”
This is a footnote to our gay-marriage discussion. A woman in India last week married a snake . And it was done at a traditional Hindu ceremony attended by 2,000 people. Now, I would like to ask the proponents of gay marriage, which after all violates traditions going back through all of human history, to now absolutely positively guarantee that the next movement is not going to be allowing people -
“Wall Street Journal , December 22, 2006, p. A12, "Wonder Land" column.”
Atheists and the unchurched undervalue the extent to which they are getting a free ride on the social strength that religious-based virtue provides. -
“Which would you like sitting in the oval office dealing with it (a major crisis)? Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, John Edwards, Geraldine Ferraro, Jimmy Carter, … or Sarah Palin? Personally, I would pick Palin.”
Wall Street Journal , October 23, 2008, interview with Kelsey Hubbard. -
“Wall Street Journal , October 23, 2008, interview with Kelsey Hubbard.”
Which would you like sitting in the oval office dealing with it (a major crisis)? Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, John Edwards, Geraldine Ferraro, Jimmy Carter, … or Sarah Palin? Personally, I would pick Palin.