The Study Of Chen Li's Way Of Life And His Academic Thought

Chen Li is the representative figure of Confucianism in Xin'an in the Yuan Dynasty,He was born in Zhu Xi's hometown,His father Chen Yuanchang,his teacher Huang Zhisun and his friends such as Fang Hui,Cao Jing,Hu Yigui and Hu Bingwen are Orthodox Confucian scholar,so he has learned the pure Confucian scholar in his childhood,that make him committed to defend and promote Confucianism.Between the Song and Yuan Dynasties,The imperial examination has been abolished,Chen Li who has a poor family lost the approach to be an officer,the epoch factor forced him to adopt a way of living in a seclusion village.At the same time,scholars from different factions have destroyed the purity of Confucianism,so Chen Li has devoted to defend and promote Confucianism,teaching student and Writing books.He paid special attention to primary education in the Confucianism system,the books he has written are mainly about primary education.Chen Li followed Zhu Xi's theory strictly,So his academic thoughts including history,literature,and education are based on Zhu Xi's theory,and he made an important contribution to the inheritance and development of scholarship.