Lu Jiuyuan

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Lu Jiuyuan was a Song dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher whose idealist thought and emphasis on the innate goodness and unity of mind profoundly shaped later thinkers, especially Wang Yangming.

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Lu Jiuyuan canonical 12
陸九淵 1

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instanceOf Confucian scholar
Neo-Confucian philosopher
Song dynasty person
artName Xiangshan
象山
birthYear 1139
chineseName 陸九淵
linked to: Lu Jiuyuan
contrastedWith School of Principle
coreConcept liangzhi (innate knowing)
original mind
unity of the ten thousand things in the mind
xin (mind-heart)
courtesyName Zijing
子靜
criticized overemphasis on investigation of external things
purely scholastic learning divorced from moral practice
deathYear 1193
dynasty Southern Song dynasty
linked to: Song dynasty
emphasized inner moral reflection
self-cultivation through rectifying the mind
heldOffice imperial official of the Southern Song
influenced Ming dynasty Neo-Confucians
linked to: Yangming school

Wang Yangming
Yangming school of Neo-Confucianism
linked to: Yangming school
influencedBy Cheng Hao
Cheng Yi
Confucius
Mencius
Zhou Dunyi
knownFor founding the idealist School of the Mind in Neo-Confucianism
inspiring later Yangming learning
stressing the unity of mind and principle
legacy recognized as one of the key figures of Song-Ming Neo-Confucianism
regarded as a major precursor of Wang Yangming’s philosophy
name Lu Jiuyuan
nationality Chinese
occupation educator
philosopher
scholar-official
philosophicalCurrent Idealist Neo-Confucianism
linked to: Cheng-Zhu school
philosophicalDoctrine School of the Mind
linked to: School of Mind
philosophicalOpponent Zhu Xi
philosophicalSchool Neo-Confucianism
philosophicalView innate goodness of human nature
knowledge and action are rooted in the mind
mind is principle
the mind and li are one
unity of mind and universe
positionOnHumanNature human nature is originally good
region Jiangxi
linked to: Jiangxi Province
taughtAt Xiangshan Academy

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Wang Yangming influencedBy Lu Jiuyuan
Neo-Confucianism majorFigure Lu Jiuyuan
Cheng Hao influenced Lu Jiuyuan
School of Mind influencedBy Lu Jiuyuan
Wang Ji influencedBy Lu Jiuyuan
Zhang Zai influenced Lu Jiuyuan
Lu Jiuyuan name Lu Jiuyuan
Lu Jiuyuan chineseName 陸九淵
linked to: Lu Jiuyuan
Lu-Wang school mainProponent Lu Jiuyuan
Lu-Wang school associatedWith Lu Jiuyuan