Chuanghualun 創化論, Zhang Dongsun’s 1918 translation of Bergson’s L’Évolution créatrice , taking its cue from traditional Heart-Mind philosophy turns “consciousness” in French to “Heart-Mind” ( xin 心) in Chinese. A close ally of Liang Qichao, he believes what Bergson opposes is not science, but the “outdated” science that maintained the body-mind dichotomy, while Bergson’s theory of change and...