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*''Birth: [[1130]]''

*''Birth: [[1130]]''

*''Death: [[1200]]''

*''Death: [[1200]]''

*''Chinese'': [[朱]]熹 ''(Zhu Xi)''

*''Chinese'': [[朱]]子 ''(Zhu Zi, J: Shushi)''

Zhu Xi was a prominent [[Neo-Confucianism|Neo-Confucian]] scholar of China's [[Song Dynasty]]. His interpretations of [[Confucianism|Confucian]] doctrine, including the concepts of ''[[li (principle)|li]]'', ''[[qi]]'', and ''[[ren]]'', and his determinations as to which of the Confucian Classics should be studied, became, from the 14th century or so onwards, the orthodox form of "traditional" Confucian learning studied, practiced, and employed in [[Chinese investiture exams|Confucian exams]] throughout East Asia.

Zhu Xi was a prominent [[Neo-Confucianism|Neo-Confucian]] scholar of China's [[Song Dynasty]]. His interpretations of [[Confucianism|Confucian]] doctrine, including the concepts of ''[[li (principle)|li]]'', ''[[qi]]'', and ''[[ren]]'', and his determinations as to which of the Confucian Classics should be studied, became, from the 14th century or so onwards, the orthodox form of "traditional" Confucian learning studied, practiced, and employed in [[Chinese investiture exams|Confucian exams]] throughout East Asia.