rational learning, neo-Confucian idealist philosophy from Song to mid-Qing times (c. 1000-1750), typified by the teaching of Cheng Hao 程顥|程颢, Cheng Yi 程頤|程颐 and Zhu Xi 朱熹[cedict]
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of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive[cedict]