理/li/Li(Law)本义指玉石的纹理,引申而有三重含义:其一,指具体事物的样式或性质,如短长、大小、方圆、坚脆、轻重、白黑等物理属性;其二,指万事万物所遵循的普遍法则;其三,指事物的本原或本体。后两种含义与“道”相近。宋明时期的学者特别注重对“理”的阐发,以“理”为最高范畴,因此宋明时期占主导地位的学术体系被称为“理学”。 The original meaning of juli / ji / li (Law) refers to the texture of jade. It extends and has three meanings: First, it refers to the style or nature of specific things, such as the physical properties of short length, size, radius, hardness, Second, refers to the universal law followed by all things; third, refers to the original or ontological things. After the two meanings and “Road ” similar. The scholars in the Song and Ming Dynasties paid special attention to the elucidation of “Reason ” and “Reason ” as the highest category. Therefore, the academic system dominated in the Song and Ming Dynasties was called “Neo-Confucianism ”.