Concept

Rectification of names

Overview

Confucian and Mencian political concept

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

Philosophers who discussed Rectification of names

• Shen Buhai

Related ideas

• Hui Shi
• Guan Zhong
• Zhuangzi (book)
• Mozi
• Mencius
• Ren (philosophy)
• School of Names
• Gongsun Long
• Mohism
• Linguistics
• Taiwan
• Semantics
• Analects
• Spring and Autumn Annals
• Shen Buhai
• Noun
• Sinology
• James Legge
• Confucianism
• Confucius
• Xunzi (philosopher)
• Han Fei
• Laozi
• Han Feizi

Opposing perspectives

• Legalism (Chinese philosophy)

Place in the tradition

Part of Chinese philosophy.

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