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Great Learning

The Great Learning or Dàxué was one of the "Four Books" in Confucianism attributed to one of Confucius' disciples, Zengzi. The Great Learning had come from a chapter in the Book of Rites which formed one of the Five Classics. It consists of a short main text of the teachings of Confucius transcribed by Zengzi and then ten commentary chapters supposedly…

Politics, Writing and influence & Impact on Chinese politics

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Writing and influence

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Impact on Chinese politics

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Principal teachings

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Meaning of "Investigation of Things"

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Baxter–Sagart (2014)
*lˤa[t]-s m-kˤruk
Bopomofo
ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
Chữ Hán
大學
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
Dahshyue
Hangul
대학
Hanja
大學

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Writing and influence

Principal teachings

Meaning of "Investigation of Things"

Impact on education in China

Impact on Chinese politics

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Great Learning

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples185
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
Components1

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Great Learning

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related to Bibliography · 48
Great Learning → American Language, An Introduction, Anhui, Authoritarianism, Berthrong, Blog, Cambridge University Press, Chichung Huang, China, China's Thriving Confucian Schools, Confucian Analects, Confucian Way, Confucianism, Confucius, Daxue, Dover, EBchecked/topic/579524/Daxue, Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica Online, Ezra
has impact · 24
Great Learning → Although, China, Chinese, Confucian, Confucianism, Five Classics, Four Books, If, Imperial, Imperial Examination System, In, James Legge, Neo-Confucian, One, One's, People First Party, Republic, Students, Taiwan, The
related to The Great Learning and education in China · 23
Great Learning → Analects, Book, Both, CE Zhu Xi, Chinese, Classics, Confucian, Doctrine, Four Books, Four Masters, In, Mean, Mencius, Neo-Confucian, Rites, The Daxue, The Great Learning, These, To, Unlike
has effect · 18
Great Learning → As, China, Chinese, Confucian, Confucian Texts, Due, Hard Work, In, It, Memorization, Respectful Learning Atmosphere, The, The Great Learning, This, Throughout, To, Valued Education, Working Collaboratively
related to Writing and influence · 17
Great Learning → Autumn Annals, BCE, Cheng's, Classic, Confucius, Five Classics, Great Learning's, Hao, It, Rites, Spring, The Cheng, The Great Learning, Their, Yi, Zengzi, Zhu Xi
related to External links · 10
Great Learning → Audio, Charles MullerLine-by-Line English Translation, Chinese, Chinese Text ProjectEnglish Translation, English, Interpretation, Jiang Boqian, LibriVox, The Great Learning, Zhu Xi's
related to Textual significance · 9
Great Learning → As, By, Chinese, Confucianism, Dao, Daoism, The Great Learning, Through, Way
related to Meaning of "Investigation of Things" · 8
Great Learning → Chinese, For, One, The, The Great Learning, This, True, What
Transcriptions · 3
Great Learning → TranscriptionsRevised RomanizationDaehak, TranscriptionsRomanizationDaigaku, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinDàxuéBopomofoㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊGwoyeu RomatzyhDahshyueWade–GilesTa4 Hsüeh2IPA[tâ.ɕɥě]WuRomanizationDa-ghohYue: CantoneseYale RomanizationDaaih…
IPA · 2
Great Learning → [taj˧.hɔk̚˧], [tâ.ɕɥě]

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learning great one zhu chinese china xi knowledge confucian confucius one's text book things education rites state four confucianism zengzi

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Great LearningBaxter–Sagart (2014)*lˤa[t]-s m-kˤruk1.00infobox
Great LearningBopomofoㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ1.00infobox
Great LearningChữ Hán大學1.00infobox
Great LearningGwoyeu RomatzyhDahshyue1.00infobox
Great LearningHangul대학1.00infobox
Great LearningHanja大學1.00infobox
Great LearningHanyu PinyinDàxué1.00infobox
Great LearningHokkien POJTāi-ha̍k1.00infobox
Great LearningIPA[tâ.ɕɥě]1.00infobox
Great LearningIPA[taj˧.hɔk̚˧]1.00infobox
Great LearningJyutpingDaai3hok31.00infobox
Great LearningKanaだいがく1.00infobox
Great LearningKanji大学1.00infobox
Great LearningMiddle ChineseDai Hæwk1.00infobox
Great LearningRevised RomanizationDaehak1.00infobox
Great LearningRomanizationDa-ghoh1.00infobox
Great LearningRomanizationDaigaku1.00infobox
Great LearningSimplified Chinese大学1.00infobox
Great LearningTraditional Chinese大學1.00infobox
Great LearningTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinDàxuéBopomofoㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊGwoyeu RomatzyhDahshyueWade–GilesTa4 Hsüeh2IPA[tâ.ɕɥě]WuRomanizationDa-ghohYue: CantoneseYale RomanizationDaaih…1.00infobox
Great LearningTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRevised RomanizationDaehak1.00infobox
Great LearningTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRomanizationDaigaku1.00infobox
Great LearningTâi-lôTāi-ha̍k1.00infobox
Great LearningVietnamese alphabetĐại Học1.00infobox
Great LearningWade–GilesTa4 Hsüeh21.00infobox
Great LearningYale RomanizationDaaihok1.00infobox

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