Cheng Yi Quotes on Knowledge
Cheng Yi, with his elder brother Cheng Hao, was one of the founders of the Neo-Confucian School of Principle that would culminate in the synthesis of Zhu Xi. This page collects quotes attributed to Cheng Yi on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Cheng Yi:
“Knowledge is the basis of action; action is the completion of knowledge.”
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Attributed to Cheng Yi:
“All things have their principle, and only by investigating things can we exhaust their principles.”
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“To study Buddhism under me is to adopt a new way of life. (p. 20)”
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“The hardest thing for people to see is themselves (p. 34)”
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