The Principle 'Li' in the Philosophy of Zhu Xi

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The paper examines the philosopher Zhu Xi's concept of Li, as is central to his synthesis (1130-1200 AD).
The paper firstly explains the meaning of "li" and then continues to discuss how Zhu Xi became an important neo-Confucian reformer whose ideas have lasting importance. A full explanation is given regarding this concept and in relation to the influence of the neo-Confucian movement that spread to Korea and beyond. There is some comparison to Platonism, and a more in-depth discussion of the significance of Zhu Xi's contribution to everyday Chinese thought that is separate from Buddhism and Daoism, and tends to be assumed to be of the neo-Confucian movement.

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"Zhu Xi was a neo-Confucian philosopher to emphasize the principle, or li, as a fundamental reality. He had elaborated the teachings of Cheng Yi that principle is a unity, and became known as the founder of a Cheng-Zhu school or "School of Principle" (li-xue) Zhu Xi's commentaries on Confucius's Annalects, the Book of Mencius, on the Great Learning, and the Doctrine of the Mean, involved remarks on the Four Books as a collection that offered all the individual needed to understand, and he was also noted for his interpretations of the works of other philosophers in Zhou Dun-yi (1017-1073).."

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