A Study Of Zhen Dexiu's Communication World

Zhen Dexiu communicated with diverse social groups and individuals,which constituted a complicated and multiple-level social net.During this process,his thought and academic study had been greatly influenced.First,based on the inheritance from Zhuxi doctrine,Zhen Dexiu benefited a lot from the academic development of different schools,such as Lu Xiangshan school of Mind,Jinhua school,Utilitarian school of thought,Taoism and Buddhism.Then,he promulgated his own academic viewpoints to other schools,at meanwhile,he attracted a variety of disciples,took official charge of a locality and executed a lot of benefiting policies, which extended the influence of neo-Confucianism on the local society and promote the establishment of neo-Confucianism orthodox.Finally,to some extent,his extensive communication reflected the diversity and mutual interaction of schools of thoughts and culture in Southern Song dynasty.