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Zhang Zai
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Zhang Zai

 or Chang Tsai

(born 1020, Chang'an, China—died 1077, China) Realist philosopher of the Song dynasty. The son of a magistrate, he studied Buddhism and Daoism before being inspired by the Confucian classics. In his Cheng-meng, he declared the universe a unity with myriad aspects and all existence an eternal integration and disintegration. Ren (humaneness) is the basic virtue, and morality consists in doing one's duty as a member of society and of the universe.



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