Zhu Xi

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Zhu Xi was a 12th-century Chinese philosopher and scholar whose synthesis of Confucian thought became the foundation of Neo-Confucianism and dominated East Asian intellectual life for centuries.

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Zhu Xi canonical 19

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese writer
Confucian scholar
Neo-Confucian philosopher
Song dynasty person
human
philosopher
artName Hui’an
Ziyang
birthDate 1130-10-18
birthPlace Song dynasty
surface form: Southern Song dynasty

Youxi County, Fujian
canonizedIn Temple of Confucius
surface form: Confucian Temple
century 12th century
countryOfCitizenship Song dynasty
courtesyName Yuanhui
deathDate 1200-04-23
deathPlace Nan’an
surface form: Nan’an, Fujian
education studied the Confucian classics
era Song dynasty
ethnicGroup Han Chinese
familyName Zhu
fieldOfWork education theory
ethics
metaphysics
textual commentary
givenName Xue
surface form: Xi
influenced Neo-Confucianism
surface form: Japanese Confucianism

Neo-Confucianism
surface form: Korean Confucianism

Neo-Confucianism in China
Neo-Confucianism
surface form: Vietnamese Confucianism
influencedBy Cheng Hao
Cheng Yi
Confucius
Mencius
Zhang Zai
Zhou Dunyi
knownFor commentaries on the Four Books
Neo-Confucianism
surface form: doctrine of gewu (investigation of things)

establishing the Four Books as core Confucian texts
systematizing Neo-Confucian philosophy
theory of li and qi
languageOfWorkOrName Classical Chinese
movement Neo-Confucianism
name Zhu Xi self-link
notableWork Classified Conversations of Master Zhu
Commentary on the Four Books
surface form: Collected Commentaries on the Four Books

Commentary on the Four Books
Family Rituals
Reflections on Things at Hand
occupation commentator
official
philosopher
scholar
teacher
philosophicalConcept investigation of things (gewu)
Li
surface form: li (principle)

qi (material force)
taiji (Great Ultimate)
philosophicalSchool Confucianism
placeOfBurial Zhuzi Tomb, Youxi County, Fujian
positionHeld Confucian academy lecturer
prefectural official in the Song bureaucracy
posthumousName Wen Gong
religion Confucianism

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