理学
Traditional form:
理學
Pinyin (reading):
Lǐxué
Definitions:
- School of Principle
- Neo-Confucian Rationalistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Cheng Hao 程顥／程颢 ( Chéng Hào), Cheng Yi 程頤／程颐 ( Chéng Yí) and Zhu Xi 朱熹 ( Zhūxī))
Characters:
- 理 - science, reason, logic; to manage
- 学 - learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
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