▸ HEAD-TO-HEAD
CHENG HAO VS MOU ZONGSAN
Cheng Hao
1032–1085
What keeps the boat upright in any storm.
Mou Zongsan
1909–1995
What keeps the boat upright in any storm.
▸ WHERE THEY SHARPLY DISAGREED
The three dimensions on which Cheng Hao and Mou Zongsan are farthest apart on Mull's 0–10 scale.
- Trust in ReasonΔ 1 / 10Cheng Hao: 8/10Mou Zongsan: 7/10
somewhat (1/10): Cheng Hao trusts reasoned argument more strongly than Mou Zongsan does.
- Universalist ImpulseΔ 1 / 10Cheng Hao: 5/10Mou Zongsan: 6/10
somewhat (1/10): Mou Zongsan reaches for universal moral principles; Cheng Hao weighs particular contexts more heavily.
- Tragic VisionΔ 0 / 10Cheng Hao: 5/10Mou Zongsan: 5/10
somewhat (0/10): Mou Zongsan sees tragedy and limit as central; Cheng Hao doesn't make that the starting point.
▸ WHERE THEY OVERLAPPED
Where the gap is smallest — both with meaningful presence on the dimension (not "neither cared").
- Self as Illusiongap 0 / 10Cheng Hao: 4/10Mou Zongsan: 4/10
Both keep self as illusion muted.
- Embodied Sensibilitygap 0 / 10Cheng Hao: 4/10Mou Zongsan: 4/10
Both keep embodied sensibility muted.
- Ascetic Tendencygap 0 / 10Cheng Hao: 7/10Mou Zongsan: 7/10
Both lean strongly into ascetic tendency.
▸ ALL 16 DIMENSIONS
The full vector comparison. Bars show their 0–10 scores side-by-side.
- Ascetic TendencyΔ 0
- Communal EmbeddednessΔ 0
- Embodied SensibilityΔ 0
- Mystical ReceptivityΔ 0
- Practical OrientationΔ 0
- Reverence for TraditionΔ 0
- Self as IllusionΔ 0
- Skeptical ReflexΔ 0
- Sovereign SelfΔ 0
- Theoretical DriveΔ 0
- Trust in ExperienceΔ 0
- Trust in ReasonΔ 1
- Tragic VisionΔ 0
- Universalist ImpulseΔ 1
- Vital AffirmationΔ 0
- Will to PowerΔ 0
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