Abstract
This chapter concentrates on the philosophy of moral education in the School of the Principle of Neo-Confucianism during the Song Dynasty. The moral education concepts and approaches of five Confucian philosophers are discussed in detail. The chapter explores and analyzes Zhou Dunyi’s cosmology of the Supreme Ultimate, Zhang Zai’s cosmic concepts of qi and the role of the heart in governing nature and the sentiments, the Cheng Brothers’ ontological framework of the heavenly principle and their contribution to compiling moral education textbooks, Chu Hsi’s proposal of preserving the transcendental li and eradicating human desires, and his moral education approach to investigating concrete objects and events to attain moral truth.
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