"Six Classics Interpret Me - A Study of Xiangshan Scholarship and Jiangyou Thinkers"

Author: Zheng Xiaojiang
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: This book is a collection of essays that studies the thought of Lu Jiuyuan's mind-learning and its influence on later cultural developments, as well as the academic and practical activities of Jiangxi thinkers. Lu Jiuyuan, a shining star in the history of Chinese philosophy and even the history of Chinese thought, proposed the proposition "the mind is the principle." He asserted that the principle of heaven, humanity, and nature lies only in my 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 trend of thought but also profoundly influenced the cultural and historical landscape and progress of Chinese society.