Ch’eng Ming-tao
Ch’eng Ming-tao
(Ch’eng Hou, Ch’eng Po-tun, 1032-1086) Served as government official both in the capital and in various counties with excellent records in social and educational achievements. For decades he studied Taoism and Buddhism but finally repudiated them. Together with his brother, he developed new aspects of Confucianism and became the greatest Confucian since Mencius and a leader of Neo-Confucianism (li hsueh). His works and those of his brother, called Erh Ch’eng Ch’uan-shu (complete works of the Ch’eng brothers), number 107 chuans, in 14 Chinese volumes. — W.T.C.