Xiong Shili Quotes
Xiong Shili was a Chinese philosopher and one of the founders of the New Confucian movement of the twentieth century. After early training in classical studies and Yogacara Buddhism, he turned to a Confucian metaphysics rooted in the Book of Changes and articulated, in his New Treatise on the Uniqueness of Consciousness, an original ontology in which mind and world are two functions of a single underlying substance. The quotes below are attributed to Xiong Shili, organized by topic.
Xiong Shili on Knowledge
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Attributed to Xiong Shili:
“Western science describes the world; Confucian wisdom unifies it.”
Xiong Shili on Mind
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Attributed to Xiong Shili:
“Mind and the universe are one in their root.”
Xiong Shili on Truth
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Attributed to Xiong Shili:
“Substance and function are not two.”
Xiong Shili on Virtue
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Attributed to Xiong Shili:
“Confucian learning is fundamentally a teaching of inward cultivation.”
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Attributed to Xiong Shili:
“True philosophy ends not in a system but in the transformation of the self.”