Quiet sitting was practised by Neo-Confucians from the Cheng brothers onward, partly in response to Buddhist meditation. Zhu Xi recommended it as one half of the day, with study as the other, to recover the mind’s original clarity. It aims at moral rather than escapist ends.
Quiet sitting
Jingzuo: the Neo-Confucian practice of sitting in stillness to calm and clarify the mind.
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