"Igawa Gekijyoshu" - Isen Gekijyoshu

…He never held any government position and ended up as a hermit in Luoyang, but he was friends with political heavyweights such as Sima Guang and Fu Bi, and scholars such as the Cheng brothers (Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi). In his major work, the Book of Emperor's Rule, he develops a grand cosmological view of history, and in his unique collection of poems, the Collection of Poetry, he frankly sings of the joys of free people. Although he deviated somewhat from the lineage of Taoism (later known as Neo-Confucianism), his study of the I Ching had a great influence on Zhu Xi. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Ikawa Gekijyoshu" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…一生任官せず，洛陽で市井の隠者として終わったが，司馬光，富弼（ふひつ）といった政界の重鎮や，程子兄弟(程顥（ていこう），程頤（ていい）)などの学者と交友。その主著《皇極経世書》では壮大な宇宙論的歴史観を展開し，特異な詩集《伊川撃壌（げきじよう）集》では自由人の喜びを率直にうたいあげる。彼は道学(のちの朱子学)の系譜からややずれるものの，その易学は朱熹（しゆき）に大きな影響を与えた。…

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