Further Study On Zhu Xi's View Of Women

This article is a further discussion of the previous studies on Zhu Xi's views on women. In order to restore a true Zhu Xi, this article will discriminate the misunderstanding of Zhu Xi since the May Forth movement. This article, mainly through the concept of Zhu xi's principal and desire, as well as the exploration of his feelings and attitudes for women, combined with the investigation of the characteristics of human nature, discovering the Zhu Xi's genuine view on women. As a Neo-Confucian, Zhu XI advocated the theory of "male superiority and female inferiority", and opposed women deuterogamy. But Zhu Xi had his humanistic concern, in some specific problems, he is also sympathetic to women, setting his starting point by women's position. He has deep emotion for women, and never be a man who is discriminate women and not assemble to reason. The indispensable goal of this article is explain this.