Confucian Thought: Selfhood As Creative Transfo... Site

: Unlike the Western "isolated individual," the Confucian self is defined by its relationships. It is an open system that expands through a "fiduciary community," starting from the core of the person and radiating outward.

: Selfhood begins with the physical person. The body is not a prison for the soul but a sacred vessel that must be disciplined and respected through ritual ( li ). Confucian Thought: Selfhood as Creative Transfo...

: The center of human cognition and emotion. Cultivation requires aligning the mind-heart with the principle of "Humaneness" ( Ren ). : Unlike the Western "isolated individual," the Confucian