Doctrine of the Mean| The
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- Series: World Philosophers and Their Works
- Categories: Philosophy, Literature, Publishing, Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Confucianism
- Curriculum: Asian History
- Geographical Location: China
Article abstract: Originally a chapter of the Li Ji (sixth to fifth century b.c.e.; Book of Rites, 1885), titled Zhong Yong (English translation, 1861), The Doctrine of the Mean was selected by the twelfth century neo-Confucian philosopher Zhu Xi as one of the Four Books that form the primary canonical texts of Confucianism. Though tradition dates its composition to the fifth century b.c.e., the work was significantly redacted over several centuries prior to the common era as Confucianism absorbed elements of rival creeds such as Daoism and Buddhism.
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