jiān​bái​tóng​yì

differentiation and unification of things

Senses

坚白同异/ 堅白同異 jiān​bái​tóng​yì differentiation and unification of things

Two famous paradoxes from the Warring States period School of Names. The first, associated with 公孙龙 gōng​sūn​lóng, argues that the qualities of hardness and whiteness are independent of the stone itself; the second, associated with 惠施 huì​shī, argues that all differences are relative and all things are ultimately unified.

References

see 坚白同异/堅白同異 公孙龙/公孫龍
see 坚白同异/堅白同異 惠施/惠施