Concept

Wuji (philosophy)

Overview

In Chinese philosophy, wuji (simplified Chinese: 无极; traditional Chinese: 無極; lit. 'without roof/ridgepole', meaning 'without limit') originally referred to infinity. In Neo-Confucian cosmology, it came to mean the "primordial universe" prior to the "Supreme Ultimate" state of being.

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

Philosophers who discussed Wuji (philosophy)

• Zhou Dunyi
• Yi Ŏnjŏk

Related ideas

• Hui Shi
• Liezi
• Yin and yang
• Zhuangzi (book)
• Infinity
• School of Names
• Zhou Dunyi
• Chinese Buddhism
• I Ching
• Taoism
• Taiji (philosophy)
• Neo-Confucianism
• Huainanzi
• Mu (negative)
• Xunzi (book)
• Chinese language
• Confucianism
• Chinese philosophy
• Traditional Chinese medicine
• Tao Te Ching

Place in the tradition

Part of East Asian religions.

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