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... , righteousness, self-cultivation, family harmony, state governance, and world peace.

   But unfortunately.

   "Book of Rites·University" did not give any explanation for the true meaning of "Gewu Zhizhi".

  So there have been many interpretations and debates about it from all walks of life.

  The mainstream view in ancient times comes from Zhu Xi in the Southern Song Dynasty. He once pointed out in "Four Books Collection Notes":

  【Grid, to also. Things are st ...

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