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OVERVIEW 23

Because of the broad use of Buddhist and Confucian notions, the meaning
of the terms underwent an evolution. The term *xin (heart-mind and spirit)
took on a Buddhist sense. The notion of xing as fundamental inner nature
lost its original Taoist, Buddhist or Confucian connotations, and was equated
with the Dao or with the Mysterious Pass (*xuanguan), which hosts the tran-
scendent and primordial parcel of light (a purely Taoist notion) concealed in
all beings.

Isabelle ROBINET
ID Boltz J. M. 1987a, passim; Liu and Berling 1982; Robinet 1977, 77-95, II7-34,
and 191-203; Robinet 1985b; Robinet 1986a; Robinet 1997b, passim; Stein R. A.
1979; Ztircher 1980

* LINEAGES; TAOISM AND CHINESE BUDDHISM; TAOISM AND CONFUCIANISM;
TAOISM AND EARLY CHINESE RELIGION; TAOISM AND EARLY CHINESE THOUGHT;
TAOISM AND LOCAL CULTS; TAOISM AND MEDIUM CULTS; TAOISM AND NEO-
CONFUCIANISM; TAOISM AND POPULAR RELIGION; TAOISM AND POPULAR
SECTS