The Great Scholar Zhu Xi
by Lu Wei
About This Novel
This book traces the life trajectory of Zhu Xi, a master of Neo-Confucianism, thinker, philosopher, and educator in the Southern Song Dynasty, from Zhu Xi's family background, to his academic experience, his process of becoming an official, and then to the construction of the academy, using a comprehensive literary and historical picture. It shows the complete image of Master Zhu Xi: his perseverance in seeking true knowledge, his compassion for the country and his people, and his perseverance in character in troubled times. It also reproduces the political, economic and cultural conditions of the war-torn era in which Zhu Xi lived. The author focuses on how Zhu Xi sought true knowledge. The difficulties and twists and turns in the process of moving towards the holy realm, how Zhu Xi, under the guidance of many teachers, realized his enlightenment alone in lonely late nights, and finally formed a unique and systematic Neo-Confucian thought through repeated self-denials. At that historical stage, Zhu Xi definitely had his own ideological limitations, but this did not affect the admiration of later generations for Zhu Xi, nor did it affect the inheritance and inspiration of Zhu Xi's thoughts on Chinese cultural thought.
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