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Japanese: 窮理 - きゅうり

〘Noun〙① To understand the principles and laws of things. ※Shobogenzo (1231-53), Kayajushi, "You should try Zen meditation to investigate the principles." [Book of Changes - Hexagrams]② One of the central themes of self-cultivation in Neo-Confucianism. By the method of investigating things and attaining knowledge, one must understand the principles of each and every thing, and discover the principles that run through them. ※Shugiheshu (around 1676), 9, "To know good but not do anything about it, and to know evil but not _{remove it} (omitted) is hardly to be called conscience. One has not yet succeeded in the investigation of the principles, and one has not yet attained the realization of the essence and the divine realization." [Zhu Xi - Jiayin Gyokyu Benden Sozan 2]③ Abbreviation of "kyurigaku (the study of principles)." ※Yanagibashi Shinshi (1874), <Narushima Ryuhoku> 2, "I am going to ask various teachers of Western theories."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 物事の道理、法則をきわめること。※正法眼蔵（1231‐53）栢樹子「究理坐禅してみるべし」〔易経‐説卦〕② 朱子学における修養の中心課題の一つ。格物致知の方法により、一事一物の道理をきわめ、そこに一貫する原理を発見すること。※集義和書（1676頃）九「善を知ながらせず、悪を知ながら不_レ去は〈略〉良知にあらずともいひがたし。いまだ窮理の功いたらずして、精義入神の実地なければなり」〔朱熹‐甲寅行宮便殿奏箚二〕③ 「きゅうりがく（窮理学）」の略。※柳橋新誌（1874）〈成島柳北〉二「余れ将に諸を西洋窮理の諸先生に問はんとす」

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