make a thorough inquiry(jí wù qióng lǐ)

make a thorough inquiry

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is j í w ù Qi ó NGL ǐ, which means "reason" comes before things. Everything is the expression of "reason". We should study the "reason" according to specific things. It comes from Xu AI's biography of Gu Dongqi in Ming Dynasty.

About the author

Life of the characters

Zhu Xi (1130-1202) was a famous Neo Confucianist, thinker, philosopher, poet, educator and litterateur in Southern Song Dynasty. Han, the character Hui, later changed to Zhonghui, Huian. Another name is Ziyang. His ancestral home is Wuyuan, Huizhou (now Jiangxi), and his overseas Chinese live in Chongan, Jianyang (now Fujian). His father, Zhu song, was a prefect of Zhenghe County in Fujian Province during the reign of Xuanhe of Song Dynasty. He lived in Chong'an, Jianyang (now Fujian Province), and moved back to kaoting. His father, Zhu song, was born as a Jinshi. He served successively as a writer and an official. Because he opposed Qin Hui's compromise, he went out to know Raozhou and died before he arrived. At this time, Zhu Xi, 14 years old, obeyed his father's will, taught Liu Zi and others, and settled in wulifu, Chongan (now Wuyishan City, Fujian Province) with his mother. At the age of 19, he took part in the local examination and tribute examination with Jianyang nationality. He was on the list of Jinshi. He had been an official of Gaozong, Xiaozong, Guangzong and ningzong. He once knew Nankang, and was appointed to Jiangxi criminal and prison official affairs and secret court compilation. Later, Zhao Ruyu recommended him to be promoted to the position of minister system and Minister of Huanzhang Pavilion. In the third year of Qingyuan (1197), Han kuozhou was good at power and rejected Zhao Ruyu. Zhu Xi was also dismissed and went home. He died of illness in the sixth year of Qingyuan. Jiading two years (1209) imperial edict to give a table of grace, posthumous title said Wen, seeking to give in the doctor, special gift baomoge straight bachelor. In 1227, Li Zong presented it to the grand master, followed up the letter to the Duke of the state, and changed it to the Duke of the state of Hui. Zhu Xi is the main representative of Cheng Zhu school. His poems include the feeling of watching books, spring day, boating and so on. Zhu Xi is a great master of Neo Confucianism in Song Dynasty. He inherited the Neo Confucianism of Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi in Northern Song Dynasty and completed the system of objective idealism. It holds that reason is the essence of the world, that "reason comes first and Qi comes later", and that "natural reason exists and human desire is destroyed". Zhu Xi was knowledgeable and studied Confucian classics, history, literature, music and even natural science. The language of his Ci is beautiful, the style is handsome, and there is no disease of rich and colorful or allusions. It can be seen that the wording of many works has been carefully considered. But the artistic conception of his Ci is a little more rational than perceptual, which is due to his philosophical thought of paying attention to Neo Confucianism.

Historical evaluation

Zhu Xi was diligent and eager to learn when he was young, and determined to be a saint. Li Dong once praised him: "he is outstanding in understanding and fearing in practice. He is surprised by the difficulties he has encountered. He has experienced many years of traveling, thinking deeply about the substance, and learning deeply.". He also said that Zhu Xi "studied hard and was good at learning and fearing righteousness, which is rare in our party." (Annals Volume 1). His official career was difficult, and he was upright and promising. Zhu Xi was engaged in the study of Neo Confucianism all his life, and he insisted on ruling the country with Neo Confucianism, but he was not understood by those in power. Zhu Xi is not only a famous thinker in Chinese history, but also a famous educator. All his life, he devoted himself to education and made great achievements in educational thought and practice.

The origin of Idioms

Xu AI of Ming Dynasty wrote in chuanxilu · a reply to Gu dongqiaoshu: "it is said in the coming book that the scholar who hears the language refers to the saying that" the material is poor and the reason is poor ". It is also the saying that people lose their will by playing with the material. People take the number theory of" tired of the complex is about "and" conserve the origin "to mark the scholar's conclusion in their later years, which is probably not true. As Zhu Zi said, "the one who studies things and clouds is the one who is poor in reason."

Chinese PinYin : jí wù qióng lǐ