Zhu XI

male, deceased (1200)
Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (born October 18, 1130, Yuxi, Fujian province, China - died April 23, 1200, China) was a Song Dynasty (960-1279) Confucian...
Wang Yangming

Wang Yangming

male, deceased (1529)
Wang Yangming (1472-1529) was a Ming Chinese idealist Neo-Confucian philosopher, official, educationist, calligraphist and general. After Zhu Xi,...
Zhou Dunyi

Zhou Dunyi

male, deceased (1073)
Zhou Dunyi, or Zhou Lianxi (周濂溪; Chou Lien-hsi), was a Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher and cosmologist during the Song Dynasty. He concep...
Zhang Zai

Zhang Zai

deceased (1077)
Zhang Zai (1020-1077) was a Chinese Neo-Confucian moral philosopher and cosmologist.
Hayashi Razan

Hayashi Razan

male, deceased (1657)
Hayashi Razan, also known as Hayashi Dōshun, was a Japanese Neo-Confucian philosopher, serving as an advisor to the first three shoguns of the T...
Yamazaki Ansai

Yamazaki Ansai

male, deceased (1682)
Yamazaki Ansai was a Japanese philosopher and scholar. He began as a Buddhist monk, but eventually came to follow the teachings of Neo-Confucian...
Zhang Sanfeng

Zhang Sanfeng

male
Zhang Sanfeng was a semi-mythical Chinese Taoist priest who is believed by some to have achieved immortality, said variously to date from either...

Gihwa

male, deceased (1433)
Gihwa, also known as Hamheo Teuktong (1376 - 1433) was a late Goryeo-early Joseon Buddhist monk of the Seon order, who was the leading Buddhist...
Jeong Dojeon

Jeong Dojeon

male, deceased (1398)
Jeong Dojeon (1342-1398), also known by the pen name Sambong, was a medieval Korean scholar and politician. He was an influential Neo-Confucian...

Sun Lu-T'Ang

male, deceased (1932)
Sun Lu-t'ang was a renowned master of Chinese Neijia (internal) martial arts and was the progenitor of the syncretic art of Sun style Tai Chi Chuan...