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Huang Zongxi

Type Figure Region Yuyao, Zhejiang Time 1610–1695 Also known as Lizhou、Mr. Deyang、Nanlei

Huang Zongxi (1610–1695), courtesy name Taichong, sobriquet Lizhou, was a late-Ming/early-Qing thinker and historian from Yuyao, Zhejiang;…

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  1. 1610–1649Yuyao · ZhejiangBorn into a prominent Yuyao family, his father Huang Zunsu was persecuted to death by Wei Zhongxian's faction in the first year of Tianqi. After the fall of Ming he joined the staff of the Prince of Lu's regency, was repeatedly hunted, later lived in seclusion in the countryside, and refused to serve the Qing.
  2. 1650–1695Yuyao · ZhejiangHe taught students in Yuyao, wrote Waiting Records for a Brightening Age expounding ideas of limiting monarchical power, compiled Case Studies of Ming Scholars and Case Studies of Song and Yuan Learning to trace the Neo-Confucian lineage, and pioneered new trends in Qing historiography and classical studies.

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