Abstract: Compared with the previous ideas of the Natural Law, Wang Fu’s ideas shown in Qian Fu Lun have three new features: 1st, he affirmed that the cosmos is formed of Yuan Qi, and denied the idea that the cosmos has a beginning; 2nd, he held that Yuan Qi acts on it’s own and thus deviated from the official orthodox theological teleology; 3rd, he believed that Yuan Qi also evolves.
方军. 天道与元气:王符政治哲学思想的形而上依据[J]. 江苏大学学报(社会科学版), 2011, 13(1): 27-29.
Fang Jun. Natural Law and Yuan Qi: the Metaphysical Ground
of Wang Fu’s Political Philosophy. Journal of Jiangsu University(Social Science Editi, 2011, 13(1): 27-29.