When asked about methods for the study of words, a thinker from this tradition instructed to read “horizontally,” “vertically,” and “from the left and from the right.” Another thinker from this tradition emphasized the “living word” over the “dead word” in criticizing the association of human nature with rational principle. A thinker from this tradition argued that people possess innate moral knowledge in arguing for the importance of personal experience in ethical cultivation, reflected in the (*) “unity of knowledge and action.” This school’s foremost thinker enshrined its dualism with a division of reality into vitality and pattern, or qì (“chee”) and lǐ. For 10 points, name this philosophical tradition which included Wáng Yángmíng and Zhū Xī (“shee”), and was based on teachings contained in the Analects. ■END■
ANSWER: neo-Confucianism [or Song-Ming Confucianism; prompt on Confucianism; reject “New Confucianism”] (The first line refers to Hayashi Razan. The third line refers to Ito Jinsai.)
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