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1 a heavy load and a long road

2 fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)

1 Confucian study of ethics

2 study of Daoism

3 school for Daoism in Tang and Song times

4 Daoist magic

5 another name for 理學|理学, rational learning of Song dynasty neo-Confucianism

1 study of the Confucian classics

1 bypath

2 trail

3 bribery as a means of achieving a goal

4 minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman)

1 School of Principle

2 Neo-Confucian Rationalistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Cheng Hao 程顥|程颢[Chéng Hào], Cheng Yi 程頤|程颐[Chéng Yí] and Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhū xī])

1 School of Mind

2 Neo-Confucian Idealistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Wang Yangming 王陽明|王阳明[Wáng Yáng míng])

1 conversant with the Confucian classics

2 to stimulate menstrual flow (TCM)

1 Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars

1 Confucian orthodoxy

1 to replace the current name or title of sth with a new one that reflects its true nature

2 rectification of names (a tenet of Confucian philosophy)

1 faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying)

1 Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德, physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功

1 Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars

1 Three Character Classic, 13th century reading primer consisting of Confucian tenets in lines of 3 characters

1 classic work (esp. Confucian classics)

1 to pass on scripture

2 to teach Confucian doctrine

3 to pass on one's experience

1 to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學|理学[lǐ xué]

2 word for Western natural sciences during late Qing

1 four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends

2 the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德, physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功

1 former kings

2 former emperors

3 in Confucian writing, refers esp. to the sage rulers Yao 堯|尧[Yáo], Shun 舜[Shùn], Yu 禹[Yǔ], Tang 湯|汤[Tāng] and the kings of Zhou

1 Zengzi (505-435 BC), student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[Dà xué]