Great Learning

E118152

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

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Label Occurrences
Great Learning canonical 13

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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 canon ⓘ
linked to: Confucian classics
studiedIn Imperial China ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Korea ⓘ
linked to: Korean Peninsula

Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
timePeriod pre-Qin Chinese philosophy ⓘ
tradition Confucianism ⓘ
transliteration Dà Xué ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

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Confucianism → scripture → Great Learning ⓘ
Doctrine of the Mean → relatedWork → Great Learning ⓘ
Zengzi → associatedWork → Great Learning ⓘ
Zengzi → traditionalAuthorship → Great Learning ⓘ
Confucian classics → hasPart → Great Learning ⓘ
Four Books → hasPart → Great Learning ⓘ
Book of Rites → includesSection → Great Learning ⓘ
大學 → translatedTitle → Great Learning ⓘ
Cheng-Zhu school → scripturalFocus → Great Learning ⓘ