Qingtan

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Qīngtán (Chinese: 清談; Wade–Giles: Ch'ing¹-t'an²; literally: "pure conversation") was a movement related to Taoism that developed during the Wei-Jin (魏晉) period and continued on through the Southern and Northern dynasties. Qingtan involved witty conversation or debates about metaphysics and philosophy.

See also

• Xuanxue

External links

• The voices of Wei-Jin scholars: A study of 'qingtan'
• Qingtan, or ch’ing-t’an, or pure conversation, (Chinese philosophy in Encyclopædia Britannica).
• Vom traditionellen China zum modernen Taiwan (German)
• Ch'ing-t’an (German)