道学 (dào xué) — Neo-Confucianism (the Song-Ming rationalist school); (derogatory) affected morality, pedantic moralizing; (less common) teachings of philosophical Daoism
Definition
道学 is a polysemous noun. The dominant HSK-level sense is Neo-Confucianism (the Song-Ming rationalist school); colloquially it can also mean 'pedantic moralizing'. The Daoist teachings reading (老庄之学) is less common.
noun
Neo-Confucianism (the Song-Ming rationalist school)(derogatory) affected moralitypedantic moralizing(less common) teachings of philosophical Daoism
Examples
- 道学。Sòng dài de dào xué jiā qiáng diào gé wù zhì zhī.Neo-Confucian scholars of the Song dynasty emphasized investigating things to extend knowledge.
- 道学，。Tā zǒng shì yí fù dào xué miàn kǒng, ràng rén shòu bù liǎo.He always puts on a pedantic moralizing face, which is unbearable.
- 道学。Zhè běn shū jiǎng de shì lǎo zhuāng dào xué de hé xīn lǐ niàn.This book discusses the core ideas of Laozi and Zhuangzi's Daoist teachings.
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