GLOSSARY

imageJ. bakufu, shogunal government
imageJ. banbutsu ittai, C. wanwu yiti, forming one body with all things
imageC. ben, J. hon, root, fundamental, essential
imageC. benti, J. hontai, the essential or fundamental root
imageC. benxin, J. honshin, fundamental mind-and-heart
imageC. cheng, J. makoto, sincerity, integrity, self-realization, actualization of the true creative potential of human affairs, even of the cosmos
imageCheng Mingdao (Cheng Hao image)
imageCheng Yichuan (Cheng Yi image)
imageC. chengyi, J. seiri, making one’s intention sincere
imageChikuzen
imageJ. daimyō, leader of a feudal domain
imageC. dao or tao, J. dō, the Way, a path, way of proper conduct, to lead through, matrix of all the things and events of the cosmos
imageC. daode, J. dōtoku, virtue
imageC. daoli, J. dōri, the Way and its principles
imageC. daoxue, J. dōgaku, learning of the Way
imageC. Daxue, J. Daigaku, The Great Learning
imageC. de, J. toku, virtue, potency, excellence, the power of virtue, that which has ethical power
imageDong Zhongshu
imageC. er, and also, in turn
imageFukuoka
imageC. gewu, J. kakubutsu, examination of things and events
imageC. gong, J. kō, public, public good, the public sphere of activity
imageC. gongjing hele, J. kyōkei waraku, reverence and harmony
imageJ. han, provincial domain
imageC. he, J. wa, harmony of a situation or person
imageJ. Honzō komoku, C. Bencao gangmu, Index of Materia Medica
imageC. hua, J. kasu, to transform utterly such that A becomes B
imageItō Jinsai
imageC. jing, J. kei, reverence, respect, the concentration of reverence on the moral path
imageC. Jinsilu, J. Kinshiroku, Reflections on Things at Hand
imageC. jujing, J. kyokei, abiding in reverence
imageC. junzi, J. kunshi, gentleman; exemplary person; originally meant the son of a prince or a nobleman; second in virtue only to the sage
imageJ. jusha, literatus; scholar
imageJ. juyō no gaku, C. shouyong xue, preserved in the heart and carried out in action
imageKaibara Ekken (also Kaibara Ekiken)
imageJ. ki no shisō, philosophy of material force
imageJ. kigaku, C. qixue, school of material force
imageKinoshita Jun’an
imageC. Kunzhiji, Knowledge Painfully Acquired
imageC. li, J. ri, principle that orders all things, persons, and events; form, pattern, norm, the defining pattern or principle of the cosmos
imageC. li, J. ri, ritual, civility, proper social order, customs, etiquette, ritual propriety
imageC. li, J. ritsu, to establish, set up, to make firm (in virtue and conduct)
imageLi Shizhen
imageC. liangzhi, J. ryōchi, innate knowledge of the good
imageC. liyi fenshu, J. riichi bunshu, principle is one; its manifestations are many
imageLu Xiangshan
imageC. Lunyu, J. Rongō, Analects
imageLuo Qinshun
imageMaruyama Masao
imageC. Mengzi, J. Mōshi, Mencius
imageMinamoto Ryōen
imageC. ming ming de, J. meimeitoku, manifesting clear character or virtue
imageJ. muyō no gaku, C. wuyongxue, useless learning
imageNagasaki
imageNakae Tōju
imageJ. Nōgyō zensho, Compendium on Agriculture
imageC. qi or ch’i, J. ki, material force, vital force, vital energy, matter-energy, the dynamic element of all that is
imageC. qing, J. j, emotions, feelings, desires, the developed nature of a person
imageC. qiongli, J. kyūri, exploring principle
imageC. ren, J. jin, human being
imageC. ren, J. jin, humaneness, humanity, human-heartedness, benevolence, first of the Confucian virtues, love
imageC. rendao, J. jind, human Way, Way to be human
imageC. renlun, J. jinrin, human relations; morality
imageC. renyu, J. ninj, human emotion, human passions, passionate human feelings or emotions
imageJ. rigaku, C. lixue, school of principle
imageC. ru, J. ju, scholar, ritual specialist, Chinese term for a Confucian; also image
imageJ. sakoku, closed country
imageJ. samurai
imageJ. sankin kōtai, alternate attendance system
imageJ. seiri, C. xingli, life principle
imageC. shen, J. kami, spirit, spiritual, numinous
imageC. shen, J. shin, extension
imageC. shen, J. shin, self, person, body
imageC. shen, J. tsutsushimu, having reverent mindfulness
imageC. sheng, J. sei, life giving
imageC. sheng sheng, J. sei sei, production and reproduction, fecundity
imageC. shengren, J. seijin, sage, the perfected person
imageC. shi, J. jitsu, substantial, real, practical
imageC. Shiji, Record of the Historian
imageC. shixue, J. jitsugaku, practical learning
imageC. shu, J. jo, reciprocity, mutuality, empathy
imageC. si, J. shi, private, personal
imageC. siduan, J. shitan, four roots or seeds of virtue
imageC. siyu, J. shiyoku, selfish desires
imageJ. Taigiroku, Record of Great Doubts
imageC. taihe, J. taiwa, Great Harmony
imageC. taiji, J. taikyoku, Supreme Polarity or Supreme Ultimate
imageC. Taiji tushuo, J. Taikyoku zusetsu, Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate
imageC. taixu, J. taikyo, Great Vacuity, the origin of the universe
imageTang Junyi (Tang Chün-I)
imageC. ti, J. tai, substance, body, essence
imageC. tian, J. ten, Heaven; sky, the blue sky, the high god of the Zhou people
imageC. tiandao, J. tendō, the Way of Heaven
imageC. tiandi, J. tenchi, Heaven and Earth, nature
imageC. tianji, J. tenki, workings of Heaven
imageC. tianli, J. tenri, Heavenly principle, ultimate principle or norm of the good or perfect
imageC. tianming, J. tenmei, Mandate of Heaven
imageC. tianxia, J. tenka, All under Heaven, everyone and everything
imageC. tiyong, J. taiyō, substance and function
imageTokugawa
imageC. Wang Yangming, J. Ō yōmei
imageC. weifa, not yet manifested
imageC. wu, J. mu, nonbeing, nothingness
imageC. wuchang, J. gojō, five constant virtues: humaneness, righteousness, ritual/civility, wisdom or discernment, and faithfulness
imageC. wuji, J. mukyoku, nonfinite, the Ultimate of Nonpolarity, the infinite, nonbeing
imageC. xiao, J. kō, filial piety, filiality, deference, respect
imageC. xiaoren, J. shōjin, petty person
imageC. Ximing, Western Inscription
imageC. xin, J. shin, faithfulness, honesty, integrity of thought, word and action; virtue of friendship, credibility
imageC. xin, J. shin, mind-and-heart, heart-mind; seat of the intelligence; most refined aspect of the vital force
imageC. xing, J. sei, human nature, natural tendencies
imageC. xingershang, J. keijijō, what is above form; incorporeal
imageC. xingerxia, J. keijika, what is below form; corporeal
imageC. xinmin, J. shinmin, renew the people
imageC. xinxue, J. shingaku, learning of the mind-and-heart
imageC. xiu, J. shō, cultivation, discipline
imageC. xiushen, J. shōshin, self-cultivation
imageC. xue, J. gaku, study
imageYamaga Soko
imageYamazaki Ansai
imageC. yangsheng shu, J. yōjō no jutsu, nourishing of life
imageC. yi, J. gi, righteousness, moral appropriateness
imageC. yi, J. i, change or transformation
imageC. yi, J. i, intentions, motivations
imageYi T´oegye
imageYi Yulgok
imageC. yifa, already manifested (as certain qualities or objects and events)
imageC. Yijing, Classic of Changes, Book of Changes
imageC. yinyang, yin-yang forces; positive and negative, light and dark, female and male
imageJ. Yōjōkun, C. Yangshengxun, Precepts on Health Care
imageC. yong, J. yō, function, use, operation
imageC. youyongxue, J. yūyō no gaku, useful learning
imageC. yu, J. yoku, desire, passion, emotion
imageC. yuan, J. gen, origination
imageC. yuan, heng, li, zhen, origin, flourishing, advantage, firmness
imageZhang Zai
imageC. zheng, J. sei, rectification, to make correct, to bring order
imageC. zhengxin, J. seishin, to establish or rectify the mind-and-heart
imageC. zhi, J. chi, knowledge, intelligence, discernment, wisdom
imageC. zhi, J. shi, will, fortitude of character
imageC. zhishan, J. shizen, resting in the highest good
imageC. zhizhi, J. chichi, the extension of knowledge or the capacity to know
imageC. zhong, J. chū, centrality, the mean, equilibrium, being centered in proper virtue
imageC. zhong, J. chū, loyalty, being completely committed
imageC. zhongshu, J. chūjo, conscientiousness and altruism
imageC. zhongyong, The Mean, Centrality and Commonality, title of one of the Four Books; locus for achieving harmony
imageZhou Dunyi
imageC. Zhu Xi, J. Shushi.
imageC. zhu zhongxin, J. shuchōshin, making loyalty and faithfulness the master
imageC. zide, J. jitoku, getting it for oneself; self-attainment
imageC. ziran, J. shizen, spontaneity, uncontrived action, complete freedom