Zhan Ruoshui
Zhan Ruoshui (Chinese: 湛若水; pinyin: Zhàn Ruòshuǐ; Wade–Giles: Chan Joshui, 1466–1560), was a Chinese philosopher, educator and a Confucian scholar.
Biography[]
Zhan was born in Zengcheng, Guangdong. He was appointed the president of Nanjing Guozijian (南京國子監, the Imperial Nanjing University) in 1524. He was later appointed the Minister of Department of Li (禮部, Li Bu, which mainly administers national ceremony, sacrifice, imperial examination, education, diplomacy, etc.), Minister of Governmental Personnel (吏部), and then Minister of Military Affairs for War (兵部) at Nanjing of Ming Dynasty.
As a scholar, Zhan is famous for mind theory. He was also a famous educator. In his life he founded and jointly founded more than 40 Shuyuan (書院, Confucian academies).
Zhan was a lifelong friend of the philosopher, general, and administrator Wang Yangming. He shared an appreciation of Lu Xiangshan idealism (), Daoism, and Buddhism with Wang, although their intellectual paths ultimately diverged.[1]
References[]
- ^ Mote, F.W. Imperial China 900-1800. p. 678.
- Cantonese philosophers
- Ming dynasty philosophers
- 16th-century Chinese philosophers
- Chinese Confucianists
- Educators from Guangdong
- 1466 births
- 1560 deaths
- Politicians from Guangzhou
- Ming dynasty politicians
- Philosophers from Guangdong