Cheng Yi

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Cheng Yi was a prominent Song dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher whose metaphysical and ethical ideas helped lay the foundations for later thinkers such as Zhu Xi.

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instanceOf Neo-Confucian philosopher
Song dynasty person
philosopher
birthYear 1033
collaboratedWith Cheng Hao NERFINISHED
contributedTo codification of Neo-Confucian ethical norms
development of li-qi metaphysics
country China
deathYear 1107
dynasty Song dynasty NERFINISHED
era Northern Song NERFINISHED
ethnicity Han Chinese NERFINISHED
familyName Cheng NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Confucian classics NERFINISHED
ethics
metaphysics
gender male
givenName Yi NERFINISHED
hasHonorificTitle Master Cheng NERFINISHED
hasRelative Cheng Hao NERFINISHED
influenced Song-Ming Neo-Confucian tradition NERFINISHED
Zhu Xi NERFINISHED
later Neo-Confucianism
influencedBy Confucius NERFINISHED
Mencius NERFINISHED
Zhou Dunyi NERFINISHED
knownFor laying foundations for Zhu Xi’s philosophy
strict moralism
systematizing Neo-Confucian metaphysics
movement Song dynasty Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED
name Cheng Yi NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Chinese
notableIdea doctrine of li (principle)
emphasis on moral principle over material force
interpretation of the Book of Changes (Yijing)
interpretation of the Doctrine of the Mean
rigorous moral self-cultivation
occupation educator
philosopher
scholar
philosophicalSchool Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED
li learning
philosophicalTradition Chinese philosophy
region East Asia
sibling Cheng Hao NERFINISHED
teacherOf many Song dynasty students

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Zhu Xi influencedBy Cheng Yi
Neo-Confucianism majorFigure Cheng Yi