Zhu Xi · Philosophy
Zhu Xi’s central discipline of self-cultivation: <em>jing</em>, reverent attention or composed seriousness - holding the mind collected, awake, and undivided in both stillness and activity - which he paired with the investigation of things as the two wings of becoming a sage.
You learned that Zhu Xi made jing (reverent attention, composure) the ruling discipline of the mind - to be maintained in both stillness and activity - and paired it with the investigation of things, treating even reading as a form of this reverent, collected practice. Explain what jing is and why Zhu Xi thought it wa…
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