Biography of Jiao Hong

Author: Li Jianxiong
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: Jiao Hong was a renowned scholar, thinker, and writer of the late Ming Dynasty. He inherited the Yangming School of Mind Learning, opposed the Confucianism of Cheng and Zhu, and rejected rigid thinking. He believed that scholars should think independently and hold independent opinions, clearing away outdated theories of the ancients and opening up a brand new realm of thought—"opening up a universe within one's own breast." He supported Li Zhuowu, a famous late Ming anti-ritual and anti-tradition thinker with a fighting spirit. Jiao Hong was an outstanding scholar and rising star in the left-wing group of scholars who promoted the renewal movement of Wangxue thought in the Ming Dynasty. He was a prolific writer, renowned for his erudition, and achieved significant accomplishments in fields such as textual studies, paleography, history, and textual research. He held a high position in the academic and intellectual history of the Ming Dynasty.