▸ HEAD-TO-HEAD
CHENG YI VS KANG YOUWEI
Cheng Yi
1033–1107
Patient mapper of how things fit.
Kang Youwei
1858–1927
Patient mapper of how things fit.
▸ WHERE THEY SHARPLY DISAGREED
The three dimensions on which Cheng Yi and Kang Youwei are farthest apart on Mull's 0–10 scale.
- Will to PowerΔ 3 / 10Cheng Yi: 4/10Kang Youwei: 7/10
somewhat (3/10): Kang Youwei emphasises shaping and self-overcoming; Cheng Yi weighs acceptance or context more.
- Universalist ImpulseΔ 2 / 10Cheng Yi: 6/10Kang Youwei: 8/10
somewhat (2/10): Kang Youwei reaches for universal moral principles; Cheng Yi weighs particular contexts more heavily.
- Trust in ReasonΔ 1 / 10Cheng Yi: 7/10Kang Youwei: 6/10
somewhat (1/10): Cheng Yi trusts reasoned argument more strongly than Kang Youwei does.
▸ WHERE THEY OVERLAPPED
Where the gap is smallest — both with meaningful presence on the dimension (not "neither cared").
- Self as Illusiongap 0 / 10Cheng Yi: 4/10Kang Youwei: 4/10
Both keep self as illusion muted.
- Embodied Sensibilitygap 0 / 10Cheng Yi: 4/10Kang Youwei: 4/10
Both keep embodied sensibility muted.
- Practical Orientationgap 0 / 10Cheng Yi: 7/10Kang Youwei: 7/10
Both lean strongly into practical orientation.
▸ ALL 16 DIMENSIONS
The full vector comparison. Bars show their 0–10 scores side-by-side.
- Ascetic TendencyΔ 1
- 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 1
- Trust in ExperienceΔ 0
- Trust in ReasonΔ 1
- Tragic VisionΔ 0
- Universalist ImpulseΔ 2
- Vital AffirmationΔ 0
- Will to PowerΔ 3
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