Zhu Xi born in Fujian
1127
The future Neo-Confucian philosopher was born to a minor Song official in southern China. In his lifetime he would synthesize the Four Books, rearrange the canon of Confucian study, and shape the Chinese imperial examination curriculum for the next seven centuries. Zhu Xi's commentaries became so authoritative that no student could pass the civil service examinations without mastering them, making him the most influential Chinese thinker since Confucius himself.
In context
Also in 1127 (3 other events on record)
- Jingkang Incident: Jin sack Kaifeng · East Asia · War
- Southern Song founded at Nanjing · East Asia · Politics
- Murder of Charles the Good · Europe · Politics
Before and after in East Asia
Before and after in Religion
Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.
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