Southern Song Dynasty Confucianism Construction

Author: He Jun
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: The Construction of Neo-Confucianism in the Southern Song Dynasty is published by the People's Press of Shanghai. This book strategically explores the political and educational factors within the external environment of Confucianism, highlighting the respective circumstances of Wang Anshi's New Learning and the Lu-Zheng School of Neo-Confucianism during the Southern and Northern Song dynasties. It places special emphasis on analyzing the differences between the Dao Nan School and the Hu-Xiang School, and further discusses the Confucian period centered around Zhu Xi, revealing that the fundamental characteristic of Confucianism is the transformation of its ideological orientation into a cultural form. The entire book is not confined to the Southern Song context; it employs a combination of case studies and historical narrative analysis to elaborate, proving to be an excellent research approach.