- 理智
- Principle and gnosis (or reason); the noumenal in essence and in knowledge; the truth in itself and in knowledge; (zh) li is also the fundamental principle of the phenomenon under observation, (zh) chih the observing wisdom; one is reality, the other the knower or knowing; one is the known object, the other the knower, the knowing, or what is known; each is dependent on the other, (zh) chih depends on (zh) li (zh) li is revealed by (zh) chih. Also knowledge or enlightenment in its essence or purity, free from incarnational influences.
Chinese Buddhist terms dictionary (Chinese-English). William Edward Soothil and Lewis Hodous. 2006.