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Zhu Xi, Taiji tu, and Confucian Orthodoxy ZHANG Ke-bin (School of Literature and Journalism, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China) (Center for Zhouyi Ancient Chinese Philosophy, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China) Abstract: Zhu Xi (1300-1200) was the first scholar who endeavored to eulogize the Taiji tu (Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate) credited to Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073) and creatively alleged that the Taiji tu played the role of guiding principle in Zhou’s doctrine. In addition to the objective accounts for this assertion expounded by Zhu Xi, his subjective motive was to find a metaphysical foundation for his theory of heart/mind and human nature in order to link the Dao (Way) of heaven and human nature and fate. In explicating the implications of the Taiji tu, Zhu Xi sophisticatedly unfolded his Taiji (Supreme Ultimate) and yin-yang theory. From the angles of “flowing of the mandate of heaven” and “the marvelous change and transformation manipulated by gods and spirits”, he elaborated the both independent and mutually complementary relationship between Taiji, yin and yang, creatively constructing a paradigm of one noumenon with two modes. In Zhu’s opinion, the miraculous function of the Taiji and yin-yang was a secret transmission from Zhou Dunyi to Cheng’s brothers who were the successors of Confucian orthodoxy. This point of view purported with the subtlety of the Taiji illustrated the lineage of transmission of the Changes initiated by Fu xi and the sixteen-character personal teachings in the Classic of Poetry were also included in this tradition. Key words: Taiji tu; Taiji; Wuji; yin-yang; Confucian orthodoxy; leaning of the Changes On Zhang Zai’s Theory of the “Four Images of the Changes” XIANG Shi-ling (School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China) Abstract: As one of the representative figures of the neo-Confucian studies of the Changes, Zhang Zai set forth his theory of the “four images of the Changes.” He