Chu Hsi

American  

[joo shee] / ˈdʒu ˈʃi /

(Pinyin) Zhu Xi

noun

1. 1130–1200, Chinese philosopher.

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Chu Hsi

The treatise, as printed from these slabs, has some trifling additions, and many alterations in the order of the text, but differing from the arrangements proposed by Chu Hsi, and by other scholars.

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

Transition to, from dualism, 85–86; Chu Hsi and, 86–87; Lao Tzŭ and, 87–88 Monkey.

From Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

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 James Legge

The views of Chu Hsi are frequently well defended from the assaults of Mao Hsi-ho.

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

This view was entirely set aside by Chu Hsi, who declared in the plainest terms that the Chinese word for God meant nothing more than "abstract right;" in other words, God was a principle.

From The Civilization of China by Herbert Allen Giles

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