Basava vs Zhu Xi
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Compare the life timelines of Basava (1131–1167) and Zhu Xi (1130–1200) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 36 years, from 1131 to 1167.
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Basava (1131–1167)
- — Born in Basavana Bagewadi in northern Karnataka Verified
- — Studied scriptures at Kudalasangama
- — Entered service at the court of the Kalachuri king Bijjala II Verified
- — Established the Anubhava Mantapa, a hall of spiritual experience open to all Verified
- — Composed vachana poetry in Kannada Verified
- — Became chief minister and treasurer of Bijjala II at Kalyana Verified
- — Conflict at Kalyana over an inter-caste marriage among his followers
- — Left Kalyana and returned to Kudalasangama
- — Died at Kudalasangama 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
- — Compiled Reflections on Things at Hand (Jinsilu) with Lu Zuqian Verified
- — Debated Lu Jiuyuan at the Goose Lake Temple meeting 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