Zhu Xi was a prominent philosopher and scholar of the Song dynasty and is considered the foremost architect of neo-Confucianism, a philosophical movement that blended Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. He wrote extensively on Confucianism and his interpretations of the classics became the dominant form of Confucianism in China for the next several centuries.

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Zhu Xi was the

A) author of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
B) foremost architect of neo-Confucianism.
C) Ming emperor who refused to see his advisers for years on end.
D) most powerful Qing emperor.
E) leading Chinese Christian missionary.

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