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Spread of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism

Type Event Region China Time 1190

In the 1190s, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism represented by Zhu Xi spread widely through Southern Song academies and official schools;…

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  1. 1190–1198Jianyang, Fujian · FujianZhu Xi continued teaching in Jianyang, Wuyi Mountain and elsewhere, completing major works such as the Collected Commentaries on the Four Books; his disciples spread across the southeastern circuits, and the Cheng-Zhu system matured.
  2. 1196–1199Lin'an · ZhejiangHan Tuozhou launched the Qingyuan party ban, branding Zhu Xi and other Neo-Confucian figures as 'false learning' and barring them from examinations and office; yet Neo-Confucianism continued to circulate privately in academies and was not extinguished by political suppression.

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