Concept

De (Chinese)

Overview

De (; Chinese: 德; pinyin: dé), also written as Te, is a key concept in Chinese philosophy, usually translated "inherent character; inner power; integrity" in Taoism, "moral character; virtue; morality" in Confucianism and other contexts, and "quality; virtue" (guṇa) or "merit; virtuous deeds" (puṇya) in Chinese Buddhism.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed De (Chinese)

• Yin Wen

Related ideas

• Lu (state)
• Spring and Autumn period
• Zhuangzi (book)
• Meditation
• School of Names
• Mohism
• Chinese Buddhism
• Mencius (book)
• Qi
• Analects
• Taoism
• James Legge
• Mawangdui
• Doctrine of the Mean
• Morality
• Merit (Buddhism)
• Tian
• King Wen of Zhou
• Proto-Indo-European language
• Arete
• Confucianism
• Chinese philosophy
• Confucius
• Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)

Opposing perspectives

• Zhou dynasty
• Shang dynasty

Place in the tradition

Part of Chinese philosophy.

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