Zhu Xi (1 janv. 1130 – 1 janv. 1200)

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Zhu Xi was born in 1130 CE as the son of a local official. He passed the highest civil service examination at the age of 18 which was pretty young back then and became a registrar in Tongan, Fujian. Afterwards he was offered many other positions of government appointments, but due to his views of dissatisfaction of people in power, he preferred the life of a scholar and teacher.

Zhu Xi’s philosophy focused on logic, consistency, and the careful observation of classic authority. He held the world in two aspects: the li and the qi. The li was the natural law and when manifested as human nature is perfect. The qi was the life force and the source of all impurities and defects. Zhu Xi believed that the only way to rid of these imperfections was through studies and metaphysics. His version of neo-confucianism was largely influential to Chinese intellectual life and spread its influence to places like Korea and Japan.

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