A Song Dynasty Confucian scholar who inherited and expanded upon the teachings of Zhu Xi and compiled 'The Development of the Great Learning' and 'The Development of the Doctrine of the Mean'.

A native of Linhai during the Ming Dynasty, styled as Liben.

a renowned Southern Song scholar, known as Zi Gong, a key inheritor of Zhu Xi's school of thought, and author of works like 'The Exposition of the Great Learning'.