Six Classics Interpret Me: Study on Xiangshan Academic and Right Thinkers

Author: Zheng Xiaojiang
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: This book is a collection of essays that explores the thought of Lu Jiuyuan's mind-learning school and its influence on later cultural developments, as well as the academic and practical activities of Jiangxi thinkers. As a shining star in the history of Chinese philosophy and even the history of Chinese thought, Lu Jiuyuan proposed the proposition "the mind is the principle," asserting that the principle of heaven, humanity, and nature exists only in the mind, with the mind being the only reality: "The universe is my mind, and my mind is the universe." This not only propelled the development of the mind-learning movement and replaced orthodox Confucianism (Cheng-Zhu Confucianism) as a dominant intellectual trend but also profoundly influenced the cultural and historical landscape and progress of Chinese society.