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(; also , 1525–1604) was a Ming period
Neo-Confucian Neo-Confucianism (, often shortened to ''lǐxué'' 理學, literally "School of Principle") is a Morality, moral, Ethics, ethical, and metaphysics, metaphysical Chinese philosophy influenced by Confucianism, which originated with Han Yu (768 ...
philosopher. He introduced into Chinese philosophy the well-known "Yin and Yang symbol", the ''
taijitu In Chinese philosophy, a ''taijitu'' () is a Character (symbol), symbol or diagram () representing ''Taiji (philosophy), taiji'' () in both its monist (''Wuji (philosophy), wuji'') and its Dualism in cosmology, dualist (yin and yang) forms in a ...
'' (a "diagram of the great ultimate"). Lai Zhide is the author of an
I Ching The ''I Ching'' or ''Yijing'' ( ), usually translated ''Book of Changes'' or ''Classic of Changes'', is an ancient Chinese divination text that is among the oldest of the Chinese classics. The ''I Ching'' was originally a divination manual in ...
commentary, the ''Explanation of the Classic of Change Annotated by Mr Lai'' (ed. Zheng Can 1988).


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Li Zhi (Ming Dynasty) Li Zhi may refer to: *Emperor Gaozong of Tang (628–683), named Li Zhi, Emperor of China * Li Ye (mathematician) (1192–1279), Chinese mathematician and scholar, birth name Li Zhi * Li Zhi (philosopher) (1527–1602), Chinese philosopher from the ...
* Zhou Dun-yi, an 11th-century Neo-Confucian who had also presented a ''taijitu''


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1525 births 1604 deaths Ming dynasty philosophers Chinese Confucianists Neo-Confucian scholars Ming dynasty writers Philosophers from Chongqing Writers from Chongqing 16th-century Chinese philosophers Ming dynasty classicists {{NeoConfucianism-stub