Why is Zhu a master of Neo-Confucianism in Song Dynasty?
Zhu (A.D.1130-1200) was a philosopher in the Southern Song Dynasty, a famous Yi-ology scholar and educator. The word "Hui", nickname "Hui 'an", real name Zhu Wengong, from Wuyuan, Huizhou. He worked as a local official in his early years, and later taught for forty years, with many disciples. He has studied Confucian classics, history, literature, music and law. And his intentions are deep. He studied under Dong Li, a disciple of Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao in the Northern Song Dynasty. He united Zhou Dunyi, Shao Yong, Zhang Zai and other Yi-ology scholars in the Northern Song Dynasty and founded his own Yi-ology school.
Zhu put forward the argument that the ancient people had no knowledge. "Therefore, saints set up turtles for divination, and wrote the Book of Changes to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, so as to achieve things in the world" (Zhu Xi's Quotations). It is advocated to interpret Zhouyi from the perspective of divination, and it is considered that each of the 384 words in Zhouyi is a formula that can be substituted into anything in the world. In the theory of Yi-ology, he absorbed Shao Yong's "double methods" and Zhang Zai's and Zhu Zhen's "Yin-Yang" theories, holding that Yi is only a Yin-Yang, and "divination is the change of Yin-Yang." The integration of reason, image, number and ci is the expression of yin and yang, and no one can do without it. He said: "Therefore, those who are' easy' have yin and yang; Divination is a matter of yin and yang; A stubborn person, yin and yang move. Although the hexagrams are different, they are even odd; Although different, the same person is 96. Based on the 64 hexagrams, 384 hexagrams are used for each other, which is close to * * *. Temporarily in the blink of an eye, move slightly, there is no image of hexagrams, and it is meaningless. It's "Yi"! "
His Neo-Confucianism had a great influence on later generations.
Zhu's main works of the Book of Changes include the Original Meaning of the Book of Changes, the Illustration of Taiji, and the Enlightenment of the Book of Changes. For the first time, his original meaning of the Book of Changes made nine pictures of the Book of Changes public and spread. This book has also become an enlightenment reading for later generations, and it has been passed down to this day.