格物

gaak3 mat6

to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學|理学[li3 xue2]{lei5 hok6} · word for Western natural sciences during late Qing

Meanings

  1. to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學|理学[li3 xue2]{lei5 hok6}
  2. word for Western natural sciences during late Qing

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