TY - GEN
T1 - Destiny or decision
T2 - revealing the change of the concept of Ming命 and its pedagogical implications
AU - Liu, Jia
AU - Chen, Yueling
PY - 2023/7/4
Y1 - 2023/7/4
N2 - In Chinese philosophy, scholars have been discussing a long-standing and unresolved matter, that is, Ming命. Ming, often translated as life, fate, or command, was initially understood as orders and arrangements from heaven. However, since Kongzi (Confucius) period, the focus of Ming命 has shifted to people themselves and how they should live their lives. Furthermore, Ming命 has been recognised by people as human life as well as survival on one's life journey. In the modern age, the concept of Ming命 has shifted again so that people, instead of the predetermined power of nature and its kind, have most of the ability to decide how to live their lives. The study of Ming命 has thus become one of the essential philosophical fields for Chinese and international thinkers and academic researchers to explore the question of heaven and human existence. In this paper, four texts throughout Chinese history are selected as examples to indicate the development of this concept's meaning in those texts and its pedagogical implications in motion.
AB - In Chinese philosophy, scholars have been discussing a long-standing and unresolved matter, that is, Ming命. Ming, often translated as life, fate, or command, was initially understood as orders and arrangements from heaven. However, since Kongzi (Confucius) period, the focus of Ming命 has shifted to people themselves and how they should live their lives. Furthermore, Ming命 has been recognised by people as human life as well as survival on one's life journey. In the modern age, the concept of Ming命 has shifted again so that people, instead of the predetermined power of nature and its kind, have most of the ability to decide how to live their lives. The study of Ming命 has thus become one of the essential philosophical fields for Chinese and international thinkers and academic researchers to explore the question of heaven and human existence. In this paper, four texts throughout Chinese history are selected as examples to indicate the development of this concept's meaning in those texts and its pedagogical implications in motion.
KW - Ming 命
KW - contextual meaning
KW - pedagogical implication
KW - transition
UR - https://ger.mercy.edu/index.php/ger/article/view/627
M3 - Article
SN - 2325-663X
VL - 10
SP - 128
EP - 141
JO - Global Education Review
JF - Global Education Review
ER -