Zhu Xi's Reconstruction of Bailudong Academy and the Revival of Neo-Confucianism
The reconstruction of Bailudong Academy is a concrete practice and unfoldment of Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism.Zhu Xi made use of official power to promote Zhou & Cheng Brother's Neo-Confucianism and established a base for Neo-Confucianism through the reconstruction,which has profound significance for the development of Neo-Confucianism in the future.Zhu Xi approved of Zhou and Cheng Brother's Neo-Confucianism,and launched a critique of Buddhism and Taoism,as well as the school of Wang Anshi and Su Dongpo,in order to reverse the disadvantaged position of Neo-Confucianism.For the revival of the Bailudong Academy,Zhu Xi took various ways such as requesting the support of the imperial court,printing the texts of Neo-Confucianism,writing poetry and articles,conducting lectures,and deter-mining academy rules.Zhu Xi tried his best to establish Zhou Dunyi's position as the original master of Neo-Confucianism,which was invisibly helpful to establish the status of the Bailudong Academy as a holy place of Neo-Confucianism.
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