Lecture 07 Principle, Material Force and Ethics: Zhu Xi (朱熹 1130-1200)

Principle and the material force
- cosmology
- principle/coherence as the organization regulation
- material force as the substance
- the relationship between principle and material force
Extending the statement that "human nature is Principle"
- the natures of things are from the cosmic principle
- human nature includes the principle in things
- human nature includes the principles of affairs
The heart-and-mind include and lead human nature and emotions
- the main functions of the heart-and-mind: to master the body and to perceive principles in things
- the heart-and-mind of the Way: the certainty
- the heart-and-mind of human beings:
Investigating things to exhaust the principles
- Understanding the first and practice the second
Re-commentating the Classics
- the great master to recreate tradition
- becoming a sage through writing
- From the Five Classics to the Four Books

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