Zhou Dunyi (10 17- 1073), formerly known as Dunshi, was renamed to avoid the old taboos of the British Sect. Qiao Yuan, a native of Daozhouying Road (now Daoxian County, Hunan Province), was named Yuan Gong, and scholars called him Mr. Lianxi. Famous thinker in Song Dynasty, founder of Neo-Confucianism.

It has a historical position in the history of Confucianism in China. Huang Baijia once commented: "After Confucius and Mencius, Chinese Confucianism only studied classics, and Taoism was naturally silent for a long time. With the rise of Yuan Gong, the second generation inherited, great scholars came forth in large numbers, and saints learned. Therefore, stability and formation are almost the normal state of Confucianism. It can only be said that it is necessary to open up first. If we talk about the exquisiteness of the interpretation of mind, nature and righteousness, we can count the darkness in A.D. ("The Song and Yuan Learning Cases of Lianxi Learning Cases"). This comment is fair.

According to historical records, there are "dozens" of his philosophical works, and only two books, Illustration of Taiji and Shu Tong, have been handed down. Illustrated with pictures and pictures, Taiji Illustrates its cosmology, the relationship between man and nature, and cultivation methods, and puts forward a series of neo-Confucianism essentials, which has a far-reaching influence in the history of China's philosophy. This is Zhu Yuan's public collection.

A masterpiece handed down from ancient times

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