taiwandeutscher wrote:But, as a sinologist, I'm rather sure, that they did not have real influence on TJQ as a martial art. That was only name-giving for face, not much more.
HotSoup wrote:I’m afraid that the whole notion of scholar warriors got most of its traction during the late Qing and existed more as an intellectual gymnastics artifact than anything producing actual warriors. Unsurprisingly it caught attention of all kinds of New Age people in the 70’s and on in the West.
Not like I’m against studying philosophy or history, I’m a huge fan of both, actually. It’s just about avoiding to be delusional that one is a substitute for the training. Too many people fell prey to this misconception.
Yeung wrote:It was the neo-confucians that introduced the concept of Wuji give birth to Taiji which contradicted the teaching in the Yijing and Daodejing. This created a very different world view from traditional Chinese thoughts.
taiwandeutscher wrote:Yeung wrote:It was the neo-confucians that introduced the concept of Wuji give birth to Taiji which contradicted the teaching in the Yijing and Daodejing. This created a very different world view from traditional Chinese thoughts.
Hm, the term was used early on, in Daodejing, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Huainanzi, Liezi.
taiwandeutscher wrote:Yeung wrote:It was the neo-confucians that introduced the concept of Wuji give birth to Taiji which contradicted the teaching in the Yijing and Daodejing. This created a very different world view from traditional Chinese thoughts.
Hm, the term was used early on, in Daodejing, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Huainanzi, Liezi.
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