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Wu Cheng

Type Figure Region China Time 1249–1333 Also known as Boqing、Master Caolu

Wu Cheng (1249–1333), courtesy name Boqing, sobriquet Caolu, was a renowned Yuan dynasty Neo-Confucian scholar and educator.

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  1. 1249–1285Fuzhou · JiangxiBorn in Yihuang of Fuzhou Circuit, he loved learning from youth, taught students at his hometown's Caolu, devoted himself to Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism, gradually became famous throughout Jiangnan, and had disciples everywhere.
  2. 1285–1333Dadu · Yuan capitalSummoned to Dadu, he served as professor at the Guozixue and Hanlin academician, among other posts, presiding over Confucian education. Around 1311 he was still lecturing and writing at court, expounding Neo-Confucian thought, and was as famous as Xu Heng of the north; he died in his hometown in 1333 at the age of eighty-five.

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