Tag Archives: Confucius

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The Heart, Ch’I, and Courage

The next quality that is central to the Mencian conception of heart is ch’i. (For those of you who are just joining this conversation, Mencius was a great Chinese Sage who lived and wrote 2300 years ago. Central to his philosophy was the notion of “heart.” See other posts.) Ch’i is the prime energy of […]

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The History of the Heart

In my quest to discover the solution to my psychotherapy client’s problems, I discovered that the problem was defined by the ancient Chinese Sage, Mencius, as “having a lost heart.” In my research, I discovered that the symbol of the heart has said something about the core of human nature in every culture man has ever known. Read an in-depth history of this important symbol here.

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