updated sense approved 格物 · géwù · investigate things
格物
géwù
investigate things
to study the underlying principles of the world, especially in Neo-Confucian rational learning (理學)→ to study the underlying principles of the world, especially in Neo-Confucian rational learning ([[理学|理學|Li3 xue2]])格物致知是儒家修身的起點。
created sense approved 格物 · géwù · investigate things
格物
géwù
investigate things
to study the underlying principles of the world, especially in Neo-Confucian rational learning (理學)
格物致知是儒家修身的起點。
created sense approved 格物 · géwù · natural sciences
格物
géwù
natural sciences
a historical term used during the late Qing dynasty to refer to Western natural sciences
在晚清時期，格物一詞常被用來指代西方的物理與化學。