理学 lǐ xué

DEFINITIONS

  1. School of Principle
  2. Neo-Confucian Rationalistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Cheng Hao 程顥|程颢[Cheng2 Hao4], Cheng Yi 程頤|程颐[Cheng2 Yi2] and Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 xi1])
  3. science

CHARACTERS

理 lǐ
HSK 3
reason, logic; manage
学 xué
HSK 1
learning, knowledge; school