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Cheng Yi

Type Figure Region Northern Song China Time 1033–1107 Also known as Zhengshu、Master Yichuan

A Northern Song Neo-Confucian philosopher, younger brother of Cheng Hao and one of the 'Two Chengs,' Cheng Yi passed the jinshi in 1057, taught in Lu…

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  1. 1056–1067Luoyang · Henan PrefectureIn the second year of Jiayou he passed the jinshi examination together with his elder brother Cheng Hao, serving successively as Secretariat Proofreader, Xixian County Registrar, and lecturer at the Imperial Academy. In the 1060s he held office in the provinces and the capital, exchanging Neo-Confucian ideas with his brother and studying under Zhou Dunyi, gradually forming his own school of thought.
  2. 1068–1085Luoyang · Henan PrefectureAfter the Xining era he set up his lecture hall in Luoyang, associating with his brother Cheng Hao as well as Shao Yong, Zhang Zai and others. Between the 1060s and 1070s his disciples grew ever more numerous, expounding doctrines of principle and qi and the investigation of things, forming the Yichuan school, an important pillar of Northern Song Neo-Confucianism.

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