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Author: Zhou Dunyi / Tan Songlin / Yin Hong (compiled in the Northern Song Dynasty)
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073), styled Maoshu, originally named Dunshi, changed his name to avoid the taboo of Emperor Yingzong. He was from Yingdao Yingdao (now Da County, Hunan), posthumously titled Yuan, styled Yuan Gong, and known as Lianxi Master by scholars. A famous thinker of the Song Dynasty and the founder of Neo-Confucianism. He holds a transitional historical position in the history of Chinese Confucianism. Huang Baijia once commented: "After Confucius and Mencius, Han Confucians only had the study of classics and commentaries, and the subtle discussion of human nature and the Way had long been lost. Yuan Gong emerged, followed by the Two Chengs, and then the great Confucian scholars of Hengqu emerged one after another, and the study of sages flourished greatly. Therefore, An Ding and Zu Lai were outstanding in the norms of Confucian scholars, but they could only be considered as pioneers. If it comes to elaborating the subtleties of human nature, the Way, and righteousness, then Yuan Gong's breaking of the darkness is unparalleled" (from "Lianxi Case in Song and Yuan Learning Cases"). This evaluation is highly just. According to historical records, his philosophical works numbered "tens of pieces," but only "Taichi Tu Shuo" and "Tong Shu" have been passed down. "Taichi Tu Shuo" consists of one diagram and one text, explaining his cosmogony, the relationship between humans and nature, and methods of self-cultivation, while putting forward a series of key concepts and categories of Neo-Confucianism, which have a profound influence on the history of Chinese philosophy. There is also "Zhou Yuan Gong Ji."