Commentary on the Four Books

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Confucian commentary Neo-Confucian text philosophical work

Commentary on the Four Books is Zhu Xi’s influential Neo-Confucian exegesis on the core Confucian classics that became the standard basis for civil service examinations in imperial China.

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Collected Commentaries on the Four Books	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Confucian commentary ⓘ Neo-Confucian text ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ
aimsTo	harmonize classical texts with Neo-Confucian metaphysics ⓘ systematize Confucian doctrine ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Collected Commentaries on the Four Books NERFINISHED ⓘ Sishu Jizhu NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Cheng–Zhu school NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Zhu Xi NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhu Xi (1130–1200) NERFINISHED ⓘ
becameStandardFor	Ming dynasty civil service examinations ⓘ Qing dynasty civil service examinations NERFINISHED ⓘ
circulation	widely printed in woodblock editions ⓘ
commentaryOn	Analects NERFINISHED ⓘ Doctrine of the Mean NERFINISHED ⓘ Four Books NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Learning NERFINISHED ⓘ Mencius NERFINISHED ⓘ
componentWorkOf	Zhu Xi’s collected works NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreConcept	investigation of things (gewu) ⓘ li (principle) ⓘ qi (material force) ⓘ self-cultivation ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	China ⓘ
dateWritten	12th century ⓘ
dynasty	Southern Song dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
educationalRole	basic textbook for literati education ⓘ
genre	exegetical commentary ⓘ
historicalImportance	canonical interpretation of the Four Books in late imperial China ⓘ
inCanon	Neo-Confucian canon NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Chinese civil service examinations ⓘ Japanese Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ Korean Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnamese Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencePeriod	Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuan dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Classical Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	Confucian ethics ⓘ Confucian metaphysics ⓘ Confucian political philosophy ⓘ moral self-cultivation ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWork	Zhu Xi’s Reflections on Things at Hand NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhu Xi’s commentary on the Book of Changes NERFINISHED ⓘ
titleInChinese	四書集注 ⓘ
usedAs	standard examination text in imperial China ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Collected Commentaries on the Four Books