Neo-Confucianism arose in eleventh-century China in response to Buddhism and Daoism, developing a metaphysics of principle and material force and a discipline of self-cultivation including quiet sitting. Zhu Xi’s school became the orthodoxy of China, Korea and Japan; Wang Yangming’s school of mind challenged it.
Neo-Confucianism
The revival of Confucian thought from the Song dynasty, with a metaphysics of principle and practices of self-cultivation.
Also: Lixue, Song learning