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On Multi-dimensional Objectivism and Subjectivism in Chinese Ideoloev——A viewfrom Dai Zhen's Criticism of Taoism

〔Sweden〕Torbjörm Lodén   

  • Received:2000-05-19 Online:2000-07-01 Published:2025-12-18

Abstract:

Objectivism and subjectivism are universal features of human ideology but the division of them is of vital importance in the Chinese ideology. Dai Zhen criticized subjectivism from an objectivist view. He mainly targeted Neo-Confuciamsm in Song and Ming Dynasties. He believed that the subjectivism of Neo-Confucianism was a result of the influence of Buddhism and Taoism in particular. With regard to such issues as liberty Dai Zhen's objectivism is markedly different from Zhuang Zi's subjectivism. They represent two different attitudes towards social involvement and the pursuit of transcendence. In fact, the difference between objectivism and subjectivism is also manifest in the contemporary Chinese society.

Key words: objectivism, subjectivism, Dai Zhen, Taoism, criticism