tiwu (體物), 44

tolerance., xxiv, 3–4, 6–7, 10–11, 13–14, 16, 19, 49, 59, 69, 75, 121, 151–153, 156–159, 218, 278

tongxin (童心), 49, 56, 70, 75, 152

true self, xviii, 3, 40, 45, 109

unconventionality, xii, 16, 19, 21, 108–109, 129, 133–134, 151

unity of the “Three Doctrines”, 104–105

Unofficial History of the World of the Literati, 121

unrestrained, 110–112, 131–132

vices, xii, 102, 204, 212–213, 216, 270

value and dignity of individual life, 44

Wang Fuzhi (王夫之), 5, 9, 210, 229, 250, 261, 264

Wang Gen (王艮), 103, 148, 231

Wang Honghan (王宏瀚), 253

Wang Ji (王畿), 105, 111, 132, 231

Wang Wei (王褘), 208, 249

Wang Yangming (王陽明), 16–17, 19, 24, 45–46, 48, 50, 57, 97–102, 110–112, 117, 124–125, 132, 148, 176, 205, 208–209, 216, 235, 254, 261, 264

Wang Yun (王筠), 136

Weber, Max, xxi, 79, 190

Wei-Jin (魏晉), 32, 37, 55, 77, 127–128

Wei Xi (魏禧), 263

weifa (未發), xvii, 227–228, 230, 261, 271

well-being, xv, xix, 32, 111, 114, 116, 155, 277

What the Master Would Not Discuss. See Zibuyu

wisdom. See zhi (智)

Wu Congxian (吳從先), 113

Wu Tinghan (吳廷翰), 210

Wu Zetian (武則天), 219

wuji (無己), 44, 46–47, 126

Wukong (悟空), 55, 92

wulun (五倫). See five basic relations, 99

wuxin (無心), 248

Xi (習), 14, 210

xiangyuan (鄉原), 111–112, 133

xiao (孝). See filial piety

Xiaojing (孝經), 256, 258

xiaowo (小我), 140

xiao yao you (逍遙遊), 44

xiayu (下愚), 210

Xie Jin (謝縉), 13

xin (心). See heart-mind, 35, 45, 82, 175, 186, 197–198, 247, 255, 261

xinji (心疾), 215

xinzhan (心戰). See conscience conflicts, xvi, 220, 270

xing (性), xii, xxi–xxii, 30–31, 70, 75, 79, 86, 118, 135, 175, 177, 186–187, 199, 227, 238, 245, 253, 260

benxing (本性), 201

benran zhi xing (本然之性), 201

tiandi zhi xing (天地之性), 201

See also human nature

Xingshi yinyuan zhuan (醒世姻緣傳). See “Marriage Predestined to Awaken the World”, 233, 251