Zhu Xi

Also known as: Chu Hsi, Zhuxi

1130–1200

朱

熹

Zhū

Xī

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 Analects (1177)

Commentary on Mencius (1177)

Commentary on The Great Learning (1190)

Commentary on Doctrine of the Mean (1190)

Commentary on Explanation of the Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate (~1180)

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