Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.ġ-2 days after each item has arrived in the warehouseġ The expected delivery period after the order has been dispatched via your chosen delivery method.ģ Please note this service does not override the status timeframe 'Dispatches in', and that the 'Usually Dispatches In' timeframe still applies to all orders. Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. One of the first steps to understanding The Great Learning is to understand how to 'investigate things.' This did not consist of scientific inquiry and experimentation, but introspection, building on what is already 'known' of 'principle.' True introspection was supposed to allow the mind to become all knowing with regards to morality, relationships, civic duty and nature. What things are to be investigated and how has been one of the crucial issues of Chinese philosophy.

For example, one major controversy has been to define exactly the investigation of things. The text sets up a number of controversies that have underlain Chinese philosophy and political thinking. The 'Four Books' were selected by the neo-Confucian Zhu Xi during the Song Dynasty as a foundational introduction to Confucianism and examinations for the state civil service in China came to follow his lead. The ideals of the book were supposedly Confucius's however the text was written after his death. It consists of a short main text attributed to the teachings of Confucius and then ten commentary chapters accredited to one of Confucius' disciples, Zengzi. The Great Learning had come from a chapter in the Classic of Rites which formed one of the Five Classics. The Great Learning was one of the 'Four Books' in Confucianism.

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