Great Learning

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Great Learning is a foundational Confucian classic that outlines principles of moral self-cultivation and good governance.

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Great Learning canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese classic text
Confucian classic
philosophical treatise
associatedWith Confucius
Zengzi
Zhu Xi
attributedTo Zengzi
compiledBy Zhu Xi
containsConcept cultivation of the person
extension of knowledge
investigation of things
ordering of the state
pacification of the world
rectification of the heart
regulation of the family
culturalSphere East Asia
focusesOn bringing peace to the world
cultivation of virtue
good governance
governing the state
hierarchical relationships
moral self-cultivation
ordering the family
rectification of the mind
sincerity of the will
social order
genre didactic text
hasCommentaryBy Neo-Confucian scholars
Zhu Xi
historicalUse civil service examination text
influenced Chinese political philosophy
East Asian education
Neo-Confucianism
influencedBy Analects
Confucian thought
language Classical Chinese
originalTitle 大學
partOf Four Books
region China
religiousContext Chinese philosophy
Confucian classics
surface form: Confucian canon
studiedIn Imperial China
Japan
Korean Peninsula
surface form: Korea

Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
timePeriod pre-Qin Chinese philosophy
tradition Confucianism
transliteration Dà Xué

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Confucianism scripture Great Learning
Doctrine of the Mean relatedWork Great Learning
Zengzi associatedWork Great Learning
Zengzi traditionalAuthorship Great Learning