created sense approved 正反合 · zhèngfǎnhé · thesis-antithesis-synthesis — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
正反合
zhèngfǎnhé
thesis-antithesis-synthesis
The three stages of the Hegelian dialectic representing the development of thoughts and events; it involves the emergence of a phenomenon (thesis), the reaction of an opposing phenomenon (antithesis), and the resolution of these contradictions into a new unified whole (synthesis).
正 (literal) → 正 · zhèng · straight 反 (literal) → 反 · fǎn · opposite 合 (literal) → 合 · hé · to join
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