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Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (born October 18, 1130, Yuxi, Fujian province, China – died April 23, 1200, China) was a Song Dynasty (960-1279) Confucian scholar who became the leading figure of the School of Principle and the most influential rationalist Neo-Confucian in China. His contribution to Chinese philosophy included his grouping of the Four Books, his emphasis on the investigation of things (gewu), and the synthesis of all fundamental Confucian concepts.
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(Chinese) | 朱熹 |
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(Japanese) | 朱子 |
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Years: 1127 1128 1129 - 1130 - 1131 1132 1133 Decades: 1100s 1110s 1120s - 1130s - 1140s 1150s 1160s Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century Events February 13 - Innocent II is elected pope Births Zhu Xi, Chinese philosopher Deaths February 13 - Pope Honorius II...
The Four Books , or the Four Classics , are the Chinese classic texts selected by Zhu Xi in the Song dynasty to serve as an introduction to Chinese philosophy and Confucianism. They are: the Great Learning the Analects of Confucius the Doctrine of the Mean the Mencius...
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are very different. The President of the People's Republic of China is called zhu-xi, while the ROC...
of the Daoists and Buddhists. Neo-Confucians such as Zhu Xi recognized that the Confucian system of... Buddhism and Taoism. One of Han Yu's most famous essays decries the worship of Buddhist relics. Zhu Xi in... idea of karma. Different Neo-Confucians had differing ideas for how to do so. Zhu Xi believed in...
List of publications in philosophy
Four Classics, are the Chinese classic texts selected by Zhu Xi in the Song dynasty to serve as an...
The Great Learning (大學, Dà Xué) is the first of the Four books which were selected by Zhu Xi in the Song Dynasty as a foundational introduction to Confucianism. It was originally one chapter in Li Ji (the Classic of Rites). The book consists of a short main text, attributed to Confucius and...
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1127, and rebuilt in 1165 (Southern Song Dynasty). The celebrated philosopher Zhu Xi (朱熹) taught... bachelor programs are not listed. Miscellaneous Changsha was the birthplace of: Yang Kaihui Zhu Rongji...
Confucius' follower, closer to realism. Zhu Xi, founder of Neo-Confucianism Wang Yangmin Lao Zi, the...