The Factual and Value-Oriented Nature of Chinese Taoist Philosophy of Heart-Mind
Open Journal of Philosophy 2026 Ying Ren, Hong Chen
Taoist philosophy of heart-mind explores the nature of mind and psychological phenomena with a factual nature and guides the possibility and practical path of the sage with a value-oriented nature, and realizes the unity of the two in exploring the nature of mind and transcendence. In terms of factual nature, Taoism takes “Tao” as the metaphysical foundation and “qi” as the material basis,...