Read Edit View history Discussion 格物 géwù to study phenomena Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 格物 géwù to study phenomena To investigate the principles and laws of things; to gain knowledge by exploring the physical world natural science Old term for Western natural sciences used during the late Qing dynasty to correct behavior (literary) To correct or rectify a person's behavior or conduct. Gezhi Ancient Chinese term for science and systematic investigation; synonym for 格致 gézhì Frequency Written text 0.233 per million Cross-References Same as 格致 gézhìReferenced by 致知 zhìzhī Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
格物 géwù to study phenomena To investigate the principles and laws of things; to gain knowledge by exploring the physical world natural science Old term for Western natural sciences used during the late Qing dynasty to correct behavior (literary) To correct or rectify a person's behavior or conduct. Gezhi Ancient Chinese term for science and systematic investigation; synonym for 格致 gézhì Frequency Written text 0.233 per million Cross-References Same as 格致 gézhìReferenced by 致知 zhìzhī Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)