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The 25 pages that link to Neo-Confucianism, each with the reason it gives.

• ConfucianismBroader topic: Neo-Confucians reworked classical teachings in response to Buddhist and Daoist ideas.

• ConfuciusRelated: Later thinkers rebuilt Confucian philosophy while retaining Confucius as its foundational teacher.

• Joseon dynastyNarrower topic: Joseon’s official institutions and social ideals drew heavily on its principles.

• Song dynastyRelated: Its major Song thinkers reshaped the intellectual framework of elite education.

• Zhu XiNarrower topic: Zhu Xi’s synthesis became its most influential and enduring school.

• Southern Song dynastyRelated: Southern Song scholars systematized teachings that later shaped education and government across East Asia.

• Chinese philosophyBroader topic: Its thinkers reconstructed Confucian metaphysics and ethics in response to Buddhist and Daoist challenge.

• Four BooksNarrower topic: Zhu Xi’s canon became a central vehicle for this broader intellectual movement.

• Confucianism in JapanBroader topic: Its Chinese commentaries and metaphysics shaped the dominant forms of Japanese Confucianism.

• Han YuRelated: Han Yu’s defense of Confucian moral transmission anticipated concerns central to later Confucian revival.

• Wang YangmingNarrower topic: His thought belongs to this movement but challenges its dominant account of moral investigation.

• Book of RitesRelated: Neo-Confucian thinkers drew on the classic’s account of ritual and social order.

• Chinese literatiRelated: Its moral and metaphysical teachings reshaped the literati’s intellectual formation.

• Zizhi TongjianNarrower topic: Later scholars interpreted the chronicle through Neo-Confucian moral and political principles.

• Chinese political thoughtBroader topic: It recast classical ethics and metaphysics for later imperial political life.

• Cheng HaoNarrower topic: Cheng Hao helped establish the philosophical tradition later known by this name.

• Four Books and Five ClassicsRelated: Its scholars elevated the Four Books alongside, and often above, the older classics.

• Zhou DunyiNarrower topic: Zhou is treated as an early architect of the movement, though its boundaries and origins remain debated.

• Feng YoulanRelated: Its metaphysical vocabulary shaped Feng’s account of Chinese philosophy.

• Lu JiuyuanNarrower topic: Lu’s philosophy emerged within this broader intellectual movement.

• YangmingismNarrower topic: Yangmingism is one major later school within this broader movement.

• Shin SaimdangRelated: Its gender and family ideals influenced how later generations interpreted her life.

• XuanxueCompared with: Its later synthesis offers a distinct response to questions xuanxue had raised about classical teaching and metaphysics.

• Dai ZhenCompared with: Dai’s critique of principle-centered moral theory took aim especially at influential Neo-Confucian interpretations.

• Eastern religionsBroader topic: It reshaped education, government, and family ethics across East Asia.