Zhan Ruoshui
Zhan Ruoshui (Template:Zh, 1466–1560) was a Chinese philosopher, educator and a Confucian scholar.
Biography
Zhan was born in Zengcheng, Guangdong. He was appointed the president of Nanjing Guozijian (南京國子監, the Imperial Nanjing University) in 1524. He was later appointed the Ming dynasty Minister of Rites (禮部, which mainly administers national ceremony, sacrifice, imperial examination, education, diplomacy, etc.), Minister of Personnel (Script error: No such module "Lang".), and then Minister of War (Script error: No such module "Lang".) at Nanjing.
As a scholar, Zhan is famous for mind theory (a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of the mind and its relation to the body and the external world). He was also a famous educator. During his life, he founded or jointly founded more than 40 Shuyuan (書院, Confucian academies).
Zhan was a lifelong friend of the philosopher, general, and administrator Wang Yangming. They shared an appreciation of Lu Xiangshan idealism (xinxue), Daoism, and Buddhism, although their intellectual paths ultimately diverged.[1]
References
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- ↑ Mote, F.W. Imperial China 900-1800. p. 678.
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