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Thus he severely criticizes the marriage, to the daughter of a high
Neo-Confucianism of the Song and official of Hang Chou, surname
Ming dynasties and, from the, Cheng, hailing from the Jung Yang
beginning to the end, regards himself Ancestral Hall from whom seven sons
as an ideological opponent of such were born to him.
philosophers as Cheng Hao, Cheng
Yi, Zhu Xi, Li Jiuyuan and Wang
Shouren.
After the reign of Kang Xi, the
government could not control the
development of culture despite its
attempt. Li Gong (1659 – 1733), a
student of Yan Yuan’s, promoted his
teacher’s ideas until he became as
famous as his mentor. Their
philosophy was known as the the
School of Yan-Li. Li Gong wrote The
Collected Works of Shugu.

During the third year reign of
Emperor Chang Hsing of the later
Tang dynasty, Wang Yan Chiun, the
king of Min territory, changed the
name Kuei Te field to Te Hua County.
Kuei I village became known as Kuei
Te village and Shan Ting
administrative unit as Kuei Hua
administrative unit.
In the middle of his reign,
Emperor Chien Te of the Sung
dynasty increased the importance of
Kuei Hua administrative unit by
procuring it as the terminus of the
royal courier station, enlarging the
post route to the capital
All these achievements were
the dues of Lord Yan Chiao Hsie
who was accredited as having laid
the first foundation. He secured, in