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Cheng-Zhu school |
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Cheng-Zhu schoolor Ch'eng-Chu schoolChinese school of Neo-Confucianism. Its leading philosophers were Cheng Yi (see Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi) and Zhu Xi, for whom the school is named. Cheng Yi taught that to understand li (basic truths), one should investigate all things in the world through induction, deduction, historical study, or political activity. Zhu Xi maintained that rational investigation was central to moral cultivation. The school dominated Chinese philosophy until the Republican Revolution (1911). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Both the official, scholastic Cheng-Zhu school of Neo-Confucianism, and its opposing counterpart, the Lu Xiangshan-Wang Yangming current, claimed the mantle of succession to Mengzi. |
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