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Chu Hsi

American  
[joo shee] / ˈdʒu ˈʃi /
(Pinyin) Zhu Xi

noun

  1. 1130–1200, Chinese philosopher.


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Accordingly, it was subjected to revision, and was to a great extent reconstructed by Chu Hsi, the famous commentator, who flourished A.D. 1130-1200, and whose work is now regarded as the standard history of China.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

Shaken to its foundations by the mystic movement—both Taoist and Buddhist—of the T’ang period, the Confucian doctrine had lost ground but had not yet congealed into the rigid official code of a Chu Hsi.

From Chinese Painters A Critical Study by Seaver, Frances

This is a serious objection to it, and quite unfits it for a place in schools, such as Chu Hsi contends it once had.

From The Chinese Classics: with a translation, critical and exegetical notes, prolegomena and copious indexes (Shih ching. English) — Volume 1 by Legge, James

Under the present dynasty, the tendency has been to depreciate the labors of Chu Hsi.

From The Chinese Classics: with a translation, critical and exegetical notes, prolegomena and copious indexes (Shih ching. English) — Volume 1 by Legge, James

Chu Hsi, commenting on this, fully admits the first part of the criticism, although he dislikes the audacious comparison with the venerated classical works.

From The Art of War by Sunzi (6th cent. BC)

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