Zhu Xi

also known as Chu Hsi, Zhuxi

朱
熹
Zhū
Xī

1130–1200

School of Principle

Supreme systematizer of Neo-Confucianism. Established the canon of the Four Books. His synthesis of lǐ and qì defined orthodoxy for 600 years. Intellectual heir of the Chéng brothers through several generations of teachers.

Relationships

Corresponded with: Lu Xiangshan
Debated with: Lu Xiangshan (Goose Lake Debate, 1175)
Influenced: Wang Yangming
Influenced by: Cheng Yi , Zhang Zai
Critiqued by: Wang Fuzhi

Works

Reflections on Things at Hand (1176)
Collected Commentaries on the Four Books (~1190)
Commentary on The Analects (1177)
Commentary on Mencius (1177)
Commentary on The Great Learning (1190)
Commentary on The Doctrine of the Mean (1190)
Commentary on Explanation of the Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate (~1180)
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