 | J. bakufu, shogunal government |
 | J. banbutsu ittai, C. wanwu yiti, forming one body with all things |
 | C. ben, J. hon, root, fundamental, essential |
 | C. benti, J. hontai, the essential or fundamental root |
 | C. benxin, J. honshin, fundamental mind-and-heart |
 | C. cheng, J. makoto, sincerity, integrity, self-realization, actualization of the true creative potential of human affairs, even of the cosmos |
 | Cheng Mingdao (Cheng Hao ) |
 | Cheng Yichuan (Cheng Yi ) |
 | C. chengyi, J. seiri, making one’s intention sincere |
 | Chikuzen |
 | J. daimyō, leader of a feudal domain |
 | C. dao or tao, J. dō, the Way, a path, way of proper conduct, to lead through, matrix of all the things and events of the cosmos |
 | C. daode, J. dōtoku, virtue |
 | C. daoli, J. dōri, the Way and its principles |
 | C. daoxue, J. dōgaku, learning of the Way |
 | C. Daxue, J. Daigaku, The Great Learning |
 | C. de, J. toku, virtue, potency, excellence, the power of virtue, that which has ethical power |
 | Dong Zhongshu |
 | C. er, and also, in turn |
 | Fukuoka |
 | C. gewu, J. kakubutsu, examination of things and events |
 | C. gong, J. kō, public, public good, the public sphere of activity |
 | C. gongjing hele, J. kyōkei waraku, reverence and harmony |
 | J. han, provincial domain |
 | C. he, J. wa, harmony of a situation or person |
 | J. Honzō komoku, C. Bencao gangmu, Index of Materia Medica |
 | C. hua, J. kasu, to transform utterly such that A becomes B |
 | Itō Jinsai |
 | C. jing, J. kei, reverence, respect, the concentration of reverence on the moral path |
 | C. Jinsilu, J. Kinshiroku, Reflections on Things at Hand |
 | C. jujing, J. kyokei, abiding in reverence |
 | C. junzi, J. kunshi, gentleman; exemplary person; originally meant the son of a prince or a nobleman; second in virtue only to the sage |
 | J. jusha, literatus; scholar |
 | J. juyō no gaku, C. shouyong xue, preserved in the heart and carried out in action |
 | Kaibara Ekken (also Kaibara Ekiken) |
 | J. ki no shisō, philosophy of material force |
 | J. kigaku, C. qixue, school of material force |
 | Kinoshita Jun’an |
 | C. Kunzhiji, Knowledge Painfully Acquired |
 | C. li, J. ri, principle that orders all things, persons, and events; form, pattern, norm, the defining pattern or principle of the cosmos |
 | C. li, J. ri, ritual, civility, proper social order, customs, etiquette, ritual propriety |
 | C. li, J. ritsu, to establish, set up, to make firm (in virtue and conduct) |
 | Li Shizhen |
 | C. liangzhi, J. ryōchi, innate knowledge of the good |
 | C. liyi fenshu, J. riichi bunshu, principle is one; its manifestations are many |
 | Lu Xiangshan |
 | C. Lunyu, J. Rongō, Analects |
 | Luo Qinshun |
 | Maruyama Masao |
 | C. Mengzi, J. Mōshi, Mencius |
 | Minamoto Ryōen |
 | C. ming ming de, J. meimeitoku, manifesting clear character or virtue |
 | J. muyō no gaku, C. wuyongxue, useless learning |
 | Nagasaki |
 | Nakae Tōju |
 | J. Nōgyō zensho, Compendium on Agriculture |
 | C. qi or ch’i, J. ki, material force, vital force, vital energy, matter-energy, the dynamic element of all that is |
 | C. qing, J. j, emotions, feelings, desires, the developed nature of a person |
 | C. qiongli, J. kyūri, exploring principle |
 | C. ren, J. jin, human being |
 | C. ren, J. jin, humaneness, humanity, human-heartedness, benevolence, first of the Confucian virtues, love |
 | C. rendao, J. jind, human Way, Way to be human |
 | C. renlun, J. jinrin, human relations; morality |
 | C. renyu, J. ninj, human emotion, human passions, passionate human feelings or emotions |
 | J. rigaku, C. lixue, school of principle |
 | C. ru, J. ju, scholar, ritual specialist, Chinese term for a Confucian; also  |
 | J. sakoku, closed country |
 | J. samurai |
 | J. sankin kōtai, alternate attendance system |
 | J. seiri, C. xingli, life principle |
 | C. shen, J. kami, spirit, spiritual, numinous |
 | C. shen, J. shin, extension |
 | C. shen, J. shin, self, person, body |
 | C. shen, J. tsutsushimu, having reverent mindfulness |
 | C. sheng, J. sei, life giving |
 | C. sheng sheng, J. sei sei, production and reproduction, fecundity |
 | C. shengren, J. seijin, sage, the perfected person |
 | C. shi, J. jitsu, substantial, real, practical |
 | C. Shiji, Record of the Historian |
 | C. shixue, J. jitsugaku, practical learning |
 | C. shu, J. jo, reciprocity, mutuality, empathy |
 | C. si, J. shi, private, personal |
 | C. siduan, J. shitan, four roots or seeds of virtue |
 | C. siyu, J. shiyoku, selfish desires |
 | J. Taigiroku, Record of Great Doubts |
 | C. taihe, J. taiwa, Great Harmony |
 | C. taiji, J. taikyoku, Supreme Polarity or Supreme Ultimate |
 | C. Taiji tushuo, J. Taikyoku zusetsu, Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate |
 | C. taixu, J. taikyo, Great Vacuity, the origin of the universe |
 | Tang Junyi (Tang Chün-I) |
 | C. ti, J. tai, substance, body, essence |
 | C. tian, J. ten, Heaven; sky, the blue sky, the high god of the Zhou people |
 | C. tiandao, J. tendō, the Way of Heaven |
 | C. tiandi, J. tenchi, Heaven and Earth, nature |
 | C. tianji, J. tenki, workings of Heaven |
 | C. tianli, J. tenri, Heavenly principle, ultimate principle or norm of the good or perfect |
 | C. tianming, J. tenmei, Mandate of Heaven |
 | C. tianxia, J. tenka, All under Heaven, everyone and everything |
 | C. tiyong, J. taiyō, substance and function |
 | Tokugawa |
 | C. Wang Yangming, J. Ō yōmei |
 | C. weifa, not yet manifested |
 | C. wu, J. mu, nonbeing, nothingness |
 | C. wuchang, J. gojō, five constant virtues: humaneness, righteousness, ritual/civility, wisdom or discernment, and faithfulness |
 | C. wuji, J. mukyoku, nonfinite, the Ultimate of Nonpolarity, the infinite, nonbeing |
 | C. xiao, J. kō, filial piety, filiality, deference, respect |
 | C. xiaoren, J. shōjin, petty person |
 | C. Ximing, Western Inscription |
 | C. xin, J. shin, faithfulness, honesty, integrity of thought, word and action; virtue of friendship, credibility |
 | C. xin, J. shin, mind-and-heart, heart-mind; seat of the intelligence; most refined aspect of the vital force |
 | C. xing, J. sei, human nature, natural tendencies |
 | C. xingershang, J. keijijō, what is above form; incorporeal |
 | C. xingerxia, J. keijika, what is below form; corporeal |
 | C. xinmin, J. shinmin, renew the people |
 | C. xinxue, J. shingaku, learning of the mind-and-heart |
 | C. xiu, J. shō, cultivation, discipline |
 | C. xiushen, J. shōshin, self-cultivation |
 | C. xue, J. gaku, study |
 | Yamaga Soko |
 | Yamazaki Ansai |
 | C. yangsheng shu, J. yōjō no jutsu, nourishing of life |
 | C. yi, J. gi, righteousness, moral appropriateness |
 | C. yi, J. i, change or transformation |
 | C. yi, J. i, intentions, motivations |
 | Yi T´oegye |
 | Yi Yulgok |
 | C. yifa, already manifested (as certain qualities or objects and events) |
 | C. Yijing, Classic of Changes, Book of Changes |
 | C. yinyang, yin-yang forces; positive and negative, light and dark, female and male |
 | J. Yōjōkun, C. Yangshengxun, Precepts on Health Care |
 | C. yong, J. yō, function, use, operation |
 | C. youyongxue, J. yūyō no gaku, useful learning |
 | C. yu, J. yoku, desire, passion, emotion |
 | C. yuan, J. gen, origination |
 | C. yuan, heng, li, zhen, origin, flourishing, advantage, firmness |
 | Zhang Zai |
 | C. zheng, J. sei, rectification, to make correct, to bring order |
 | C. zhengxin, J. seishin, to establish or rectify the mind-and-heart |
 | C. zhi, J. chi, knowledge, intelligence, discernment, wisdom |
 | C. zhi, J. shi, will, fortitude of character |
 | C. zhishan, J. shizen, resting in the highest good |
 | C. zhizhi, J. chichi, the extension of knowledge or the capacity to know |
 | C. zhong, J. chū, centrality, the mean, equilibrium, being centered in proper virtue |
 | C. zhong, J. chū, loyalty, being completely committed |
 | C. zhongshu, J. chūjo, conscientiousness and altruism |
 | C. zhongyong, The Mean, Centrality and Commonality, title of one of the Four Books; locus for achieving harmony |
 | Zhou Dunyi |
 | C. Zhu Xi, J. Shushi. |
 | C. zhu zhongxin, J. shuchōshin, making loyalty and faithfulness the master |
 | C. zide, J. jitoku, getting it for oneself; self-attainment |
 | C. ziran, J. shizen, spontaneity, uncontrived action, complete freedom |