Konfucjuszowskie doświadczenie sacrum – analiza wybranych pojęć w tekście Analektów
Confucius’ Experience of Sacrum: Analysis of Selected Concepts in the Text of Analects

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the realm of sacred in Confucius’ Analects, on the basis of western sacred-profane dichotomy. It contains analysis of following concepts: heaven (tian), order of heaven (tianming), under heaven (tianxia), fate (ming), natural order (dao) and ritual (li). The author argues that some features of above-mentioned concepts could be described as sacred in spite of cultural differences and the general view that Confucius’ thought was mainly perceived as agnostic at best and that they constitute symbolic space that is sacred in a specific Confucian way. The feeling of being associated with what is sacred emerges from taking part in rituals and maintaining a natural order dao according to heaven’s instructions tianming.

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