11th century CE-present
Neo-Confucianism is the revival of Confucianism during Song dynasty synthesizing Confucian ethics with Buddhist and Daoist metaphysics.
Emerged Song dynasty (960-1279 CE). Zhu Xi systematized rationalist school. Wang Yangming developed idealist alternative.
Zhou Dunyi, Zhu Xi, Lu Jiuyuan, Wang Yangming.
Li (principle). Qi (vital energy). Taiji (Supreme Ultimate). Self-cultivation. Innate moral knowledge. Unity of knowing and acting.
Dominated East Asian intellectual history. Shaped Chinese, Korean, Japanese cultures. Contemporary revival in virtue ethics.
