Shushigaku (Japanese Zhu Xi school)
A tradition no longer extant within Japanese Confucianism. The disagreements in the sources are shown rather than settled.
Shushigaku (Japanese Zhu Xi school) is recorded within Japanese Confucianism and is no longer extant. Also written 朱子学, Japanese School of Principle.
Origin
Founders named in the sources: Fujiwara Seika (1561–1617), Hayashi Razan (1583–1657), Yamazaki Ansai (1619–1682). No founding year is given below, because the sources read do not agree on one and a date has not been chosen for them. No founding date in my sources. The Japanese transmission of Cheng-Zhu learning, given special status and support by the Tokugawa shoguns from early in the seventeenth century. The Stanford Encyclopedia names Fujiwara Seika (1561–1617), Hayashi Razan (1583–1657) and Yamazaki Ansai (1619–1682).
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Citation
English
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John Shaqi. “Shushigaku (Japanese Zhu Xi school).” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-shushigaku-japanese-zhu-xi-school.
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