 Following this semantic divide and transition from the onto-objective to psycho-subjective meanings of qing, one can understand the polysemy of qing and its semantic change in early Chinese philosophy. First, qing had or acquired many different meanings over several centuries in ancient Chinese philosophy. Second, there are two major semantic dimensions (onto-objective and psycho-subjective dimensions) of qing. Third, the meanings of qing had been expanded from the first dimension to the second dimension. Fourth, regarding the period of the semantic transition or expansion of qing, different views are proposed: the semantic transition had occurred during the Warring States period (specifically around the time of Mencius and Xunzi, i.e., 300 BCE) (Bruya 2003), after the introduction of Buddhism to China (the Han Dynasty around 250 CE) (Hansen 1995) or during the Song dynasty (around 960 CE) (Graham 1990). Regardless of the exact timeline of the semantic transition, Chinese philosophy is greatly influenced by its philosophical reflection on the nature of qing through its broad semantic spectrum of objective nature and subjective feelings. Cai (2020: 424–425) summarizes the polysemy and the semantic transition of qing in the following way. 