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

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

Korean Confucianism
linked to: Neo-Confucianism

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

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
notableWork Classified Conversations of Master Zhu
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 (principle)
linked to: Li

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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