[Revised entry by Kirill Thompson on January 25, 2025.
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Zhu Xi, the preeminent Neo-Confucian (daoxue) master of the Southern Song (1126 – 1271), is generally ranked as second only to Confucius (551 – 479 BCE) in influence and as rivaling Zhuangzi (fourth century BCE) in philosophic acumen in the Chinese philosophical tradition. A leading scholar and classicist as well as sharp intellect and devoted practitioner, Zhu Xi worked out a philosophically compelling synthesis of the ideas of the Northern Song (960 – 1126 CE) masters Zhou Dunyi (1017 – 73), Zhang Zai…
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