Ti (simplified Chinese:体;traditional Chinese:體;pinyin:tǐ;Wade–Giles:t'i) is theChinese word forsubstance or body.[1] The philosopherZhang Zai described the ti as "that which is never absent, that is, through all transformations."[1]
InNeo-Confucianism, this concept is often associated withyong, which means "use" or "function." Such function or how theyong of a thing is its activity or its response when stimulated underscores the link.[1] Like the concepts ofnei-wai (inner-outer) andben-mo (root-branch),ti-yong is central to Chinesemetaphysics.[2] The link was adopted in order to manifest the actual meaning of the two truths and the relationship between them.[3]
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