Ti (philosophy)

{{Italic title}} '''''Ti''''' ({{Zh|s=体|t=體|p=tǐ|w=t'i}}) is the Chinese word for substance or body.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy|last=Cua|first=Antonio|publisher=Routledge|year=2003|isbn=0415939135|location=New York|pages=720}}</ref> The philosopher Zhang Zai described the ti as "that which is never absent, that is, through all transformations."<ref name=":0" />

In Neo-Confucianism, this concept is often associated with yong, which means "use" or "function." Such function or how the ''yong'' of a thing is its activity or its response when stimulated underscores the link.<ref name=":0" /> Like the concepts of ''nei-wai'' (inner-outer) and ''ben-mo'' (root-branch), ''ti-yong'' is central to Chinese metaphysics.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Christianity and Chinese Culture|last=Ruokanen|first=Miikka|last2=Huang|first2=Paulos|publisher=William B. Eerdmans Publishing|year=2010|isbn=9780802865564|location=Grand Rapids, Michigan|pages=49}}</ref> The link was adopted in order to manifest the actual meaning of the two truths and the relationship between them.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Two Truths in Chinese Buddhism|last=Shih|first=Chang-qing|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, Pvt. Ltd.|year=2004|isbn=8120820355|location=Delhi|pages=158}}</ref>

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Category:Concepts in Chinese philosophy