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*''Born: [[1630]]/11/14''
*''Died: [[1714]]/8/27''
*''Japanese'': 貝原益軒 ''(Kaibara Ekiken)''
Kaibara Ekiken was an [[Edo period]] writer, [[Confucianism|Confucian]] scholar, educator, herbalist and physician.
He was the fifth son of [[Kaibara Kansai]]<!--貝原寛斎-->, a samurai in the service of [[Kuroda Mitsuyuki]], lord of [[Fukuoka han]]. Ekiken traveled to [[Kyoto]] to study, and returned to Fukuoka in [[1664]].
Ekiken was originally a student of [[Wang Yangming]]'s brand of neo-Confucianism, but turned to following the teachings of [[Zhu Xi]] years later; late in his life, he had questions and doubts about Zhu Xi's teachings, and compiled these into a text titled ''Taigiroku'' (大疑録, lit. "Great Doubts Record").
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==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%B2%9D%E5%8E%9F%E7%9B%8A%E8%BB%92 Kaibara Ekiken]." ''Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten'' デジタル版 日本人名大辞典. Kodansha, 2009.
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
*''Died: [[1714]]/8/27''
*''Japanese'': 貝原益軒 ''(Kaibara Ekiken)''
Kaibara Ekiken was an [[Edo period]] writer, [[Confucianism|Confucian]] scholar, educator, herbalist and physician.
He was the fifth son of [[Kaibara Kansai]]<!--貝原寛斎-->, a samurai in the service of [[Kuroda Mitsuyuki]], lord of [[Fukuoka han]]. Ekiken traveled to [[Kyoto]] to study, and returned to Fukuoka in [[1664]].
Ekiken was originally a student of [[Wang Yangming]]'s brand of neo-Confucianism, but turned to following the teachings of [[Zhu Xi]] years later; late in his life, he had questions and doubts about Zhu Xi's teachings, and compiled these into a text titled ''Taigiroku'' (大疑録, lit. "Great Doubts Record").
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==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%B2%9D%E5%8E%9F%E7%9B%8A%E8%BB%92 Kaibara Ekiken]." ''Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten'' デジタル版 日本人名大辞典. Kodansha, 2009.
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]