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Zhu Xi

Song Dynasty (1130–1200)

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Zhu Xi (1130–1200) was a leading Song Dynasty scholar-official and the most influential systematizer of Neo-Confucianism. He synthesized the work of earlier Confucian thinkers, particularly the Cheng brothers, into a comprehensive philosophical framework centered on li (principle) and qi (material force). His commentaries on the Four Books became the orthodox basis for the Chinese civil service examinations for centuries.

Neo-Confucianism

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Collected Commentaries on the Four Books (Sishu Jizhu)
Reflections on Things at Hand (Jinsilu)
Classified Conversations of Master Zhu (Zhuzi Yulei)
Commentary on the Great Learning
Commentary on the Doctrine of the Mean

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