COLLECTION · Series · 2020

大儒朱熹

Original title

Zhu Xi is a landmark figure in Chinese civilization after Confucius. Throughout his life, he was concerned about his country and its people. He held office and implemented policies amid adversity, and taught students and wrote works while engaging in debate and refutation. He was the great synthesizer of Confucian culture. Zhu Xi's thought not only had a major impact on China's politics and education, but also exerted an all-round influence on civil society, shaping the family-state culture, human ethics and morality, and national spirit of traditional China. The documentary "The Great Confucian Zhu Xi" consists of six 50-minute episodes: "Family and State Under Heaven," "The Source of Living Water," "The Great Synthesis of the Way," "The Spring Breeze Turns into Rain," "A Heart of Pure Loyalty," and "Songs of Oars Across the Seas." While recreating the trajectory of Zhu Xi's life, it also focuses on the influence of Zhu Xi's thought on the ways of thinking and ethical education of Chinese people today, bearing witness to the enduring vitality and continuing influence of Zhu Xi studies. The production team spent two and a half years, traveling throughout the length and breadth of the country and as far as Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, and Europe, exploring the broad reach and influence around the world of Chinese civilization as represented by Zhu Xi studies.