Chen Ching-jung

Abstract

As the third part of “A Study on the Medium of Morality in the Analects of Confucius Series”, this study aims to show that although the body functions are not directly emphasized and the body is not viewed as the base of self-awakening in the Analects of Confucius, the transformation of the body’s senses, actions or experiences is employed to highlight the necessity of practicing morality. Moreover, the “body” is regarded as the display field of “propriety”, involving the development and exhibition of the “meaning” and “practices” of propriety, while constructing the sensory mode of morality on “experiencing morality through the body”.

Keyword: the Analects of Confucius, media, body, sensory