---
title: "Sheng / Becoming Shēng · Sheng / Becoming"
type: "concept"
thought: "Zai-Sheng Thought"
language: "en"
canonical: "https://tongzai.space/en/concepts/sheng/"
---
# Sheng / Becoming Shēng · Sheng / Becoming

> 'Sheng' in Sheng (Becoming) is first of all not a noun but a verb: happening now.

'Sheng' in Sheng (Becoming) is first of all not a noun but a verb:

happening now.

The key of 'Becoming Is Becoming' is not to establish 'Sheng' as a highest entity, but to see the root, substance, and self — which were originally taken as 'things' — anew as happening.

The text ultimately goes one step further and requires

Do not grasp even 'I am Sheng'; even the word 'Sheng' can be laid down.


## Citation

Wenzi｜Zai / Sheng｜chapter/section｜Tongzai Space｜canonical URL