Cheng-Zhu school

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The Cheng-Zhu school is a major branch of Neo-Confucianism that systematized Confucian doctrine through the metaphysical and ethical teachings of Cheng Yi, Cheng Hao, and Zhu Xi.

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Song dynasty Confucian scholars 1

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instanceOf Confucian school
philosophical school
aimsAt ordering the cosmos and society through moral principle
alsoKnownAs Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED
School of Principle NERFINISHED
associatedWithDynasty Song dynasty NERFINISHED
becameOrthodoxDoctrineIn Ming dynasty NERFINISHED
Qing dynasty NERFINISHED
Yuan dynasty NERFINISHED
codifiedBy Zhu Xi’s commentaries on the Four Books
contrastedWith Lu-Wang school NERFINISHED
coreConcept investigation of things (gewu)
li (principle)
moral principle
qi (material force)
self-cultivation
countryOfOrigin China
developedFrom Confucianism NERFINISHED
Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED
emphasizes ethics
metaphysics
rational systematization of Confucian doctrine
ethicalIdeal sagehood
explainsMoralFailureAs obstruction by qi (material force)
hasKeyText Zhu Xi’s Sishu Jizhu (Collected Commentaries on the Four Books) NERFINISHED
hasMainProponent Cheng Hao NERFINISHED
Cheng Yi NERFINISHED
Zhu Xi NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Song dynasty China NERFINISHED
influenced East Asian Confucianism NERFINISHED
Japanese Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED
Korean Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED
Vietnamese Confucianism NERFINISHED
influencedBy Cheng Hao NERFINISHED
Cheng Yi NERFINISHED
languageOfExpression Classical Chinese
methodOfCultivation investigation of things and principles
philosophicalOrientation rationalistic
realist
region East Asia
scripturalFocus Analects NERFINISHED
Doctrine of the Mean NERFINISHED
Four Books NERFINISHED
Great Learning NERFINISHED
Mencius NERFINISHED
systematizedBy Zhu Xi NERFINISHED
viewsHumanNatureAs originally good in principle (li)

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Neo-Confucianism hasSubSchool Cheng-Zhu school
Han Yu influenced Cheng-Zhu school
this entity surface form: Song dynasty Confucian scholars