Mou Zongsan Quotes
Mou Zongsan was a Chinese philosopher and one of the principal representatives of the New Confucian movement of the twentieth century. After studies at Peking University and a long teaching career in Hong Kong and Taiwan, he produced a vast philosophical corpus that reread classical Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist sources in dialogue with Kant. The quotes below are attributed to Mou Zongsan, organized by topic.
Mou Zongsan on God
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Attributed to Mou Zongsan:
“Confucianism is, in its deepest sense, a moral religion.”
Mou Zongsan on Knowledge
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Attributed to Mou Zongsan:
“Without intellectual intuition there can be no Chinese philosophy.”
Mou Zongsan on Mind
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Attributed to Mou Zongsan:
“The moral subject is the foundation of Chinese philosophy.”
Mou Zongsan on Truth
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Attributed to Mou Zongsan:
“There is a two-level ontology: the phenomenal and the noumenal, both accessible to the moral subject.”
Mou Zongsan on Virtue
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Attributed to Mou Zongsan:
“The sage is the one who has fully realized the moral subject.”