Ming yun
Ming yun (Chinese: 命運; pinyin: mìng yùn) is a concept of the personal life and destiny in the Chinese folk religion.[1] Ming is "life" or "right", the given status of life, and yùn defines "circumstance" and "individual choice"; mìng is given and influenced by the transcendent force Tiān (天), that is the same as the "divine right" (tiān mìng) of ancient rulers as identified by Mencius.[2] Personal destiny (mìng yùn) is thus perceived as both fixed (the status of life) and flexible, open-ended (the individual choice in matters of bào yìng).[3]
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References
- Lizhu, Na. 2013. p. 21
- Lizhu, Na. 2013. p. 21
- Lizhu, Na. 2013. p. 21
Sources
- Fan Lizhu, Chen Na. The Revival of Indigenous Religion in China. Fudan University, 2013.
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