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Zhou Dunyi’s Founding Contribution to Neo-confucianism

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After Confucius and Mencius , Han Confucians merely made textual studies of the classics, and the subtle doctrines of the Dao and the nature of man and things disappeared for a long time.

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Li, J. (2017). Zhou Dunyi’s Founding Contribution to Neo-confucianism. In: Yao, X. (eds) Reconceptualizing Confucian Philosophy in the 21st Century. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4000-9_20

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