Averroes vs Zhu Xi
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Compare the life timelines of Averroes (1126–1198) and Zhu Xi (1130–1200) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 68 years, from 1130 to 1198.
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Averroes (1126–1198)
- — Born in Cordoba, al-Andalus Verified
- — Educated in law, medicine, and philosophy in Cordoba Verified
- — Completed the medical encyclopedia 'al-Kulliyyat' (Colliget) Verified
- — Introduced to the Almohad caliph Abu Yaqub Yusuf by Ibn Tufayl Verified
- — Appointed qadi (judge) of Seville Verified
- — Appointed qadi of Cordoba Verified
- — Appointed court physician to the Almohad caliph Verified
- — Banished to Lucena and works ordered burned Verified
- — Restored to favor and recalled to Marrakesh Verified
- — Died in Marrakesh Verified
Zhu Xi (1130–1200)
- — Born in Youxi, Fujian Verified
- — Passed the jinshi imperial examination at age 18 Verified
- — Studied under the Neo-Confucian master Li Tong Verified
- — Debated Lu Jiuyuan at the Goose Lake Temple meeting Verified
- — Compiled Reflections on Things at Hand (Jinsilu) with Lu Zuqian Verified
- — Revived the White Deer Grotto Academy Verified
- — Published his collected commentaries on the Four Books Verified
- — His teachings proscribed as 'false learning' in a political purge Verified
- — Died in Jianyang, Fujian, still under official proscription Verified