Liu Zongzhou 1578 – 1645
Liu Zongzhou (1578 – 1645) was a Chinese philosopher of the Modern era, associated with Confucianism.
Liu Zongzhou, known as Liu Jishan, was a Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher and political figure of the late Ming dynasty, the leader of the Donglin movement of moral-political renewal in the years before the Ming collapse, and one of the principal interpreters of the Wang Yangming school of mind in its late phase. His works, including the Renpu and Reflections on Things at Hand, deepened the Yangming program by giving it a sustained philosophical foundation in the doctrine of guarding solitude, in which the moral self is constituted in the strict practice of attention to one's own most private intentions. He starved himself to death in 1645 as a final act of loyalty to the fallen Ming court.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Chinese
- Era
- Modern
- Movements
- Confucianism
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Liu Zongzhou:
“Guarding solitude is the discipline of attending to the first stirring of intention before any external act.”
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Attributed to Liu Zongzhou:
“The moral self is what is recognized in solitude before it is acknowledged in company.”
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Attributed to Liu Zongzhou:
“A loyal subject does not survive his dynasty by accident; he survives it by purpose.”
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Attributed to Liu Zongzhou:
“Mind is the only place in which Heaven's principle is met without distortion.”
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Attributed to Liu Zongzhou:
“Self-cultivation is at its sharpest where there is no witness.”
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- Liu Zongzhou was born in 1578 and died in 1645.
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- Liu Zongzhou was a Chinese philosopher of the Modern era.
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- Liu Zongzhou, known as Liu Jishan, was a Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher and political figure of the late Ming dynasty, the leader of the Donglin movement of moral-political renewal in the years before the Ming collapse, and one of the principal interpreters of the Wang Yangming school of mind in its late phase.
- How many quotes are attributed to Liu Zongzhou?
- There are 5 attributed quotations from Liu Zongzhou in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.