Tang Junyi 1909 – 1978
Tang Junyi (1909 – 1978) was a Chinese philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Confucianism.
Tang Junyi was a Chinese philosopher and one of the most important figures of the second generation of New Confucianism. After fleeing mainland China in 1949 he co-founded New Asia College in Hong Kong with Qian Mu and Zhang Junmai, where he taught for the rest of his life. His massive Existence of Life and the Spiritual World reconciled Confucian, Buddhist, and Western philosophical traditions through a phenomenology of nine spiritual horizons, and his manifesto, co-signed with Mou Zongsan, Xu Fuguan, and Zhang Junmai, became the founding document of Chinese cultural conservatism in exile.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Chinese
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Confucianism
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Tang Junyi:
“Chinese culture is not a museum piece; it is a living spirit that must be reinterpreted in every age.”
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Attributed to Tang Junyi:
“The mind extends itself through nine horizons, and only at the last finds rest in benevolence.”
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Attributed to Tang Junyi:
“Without inner sincerity, no political form can endure.”
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Attributed to Tang Junyi:
“We must hold fast to the heart of our tradition while opening it to the world.”
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Attributed to Tang Junyi:
“The exile of a culture is a darker exile than that of a people.”
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- Tang Junyi was a Chinese philosopher and one of the most important figures of the second generation of New Confucianism.
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