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==Meaning of "Investigation of Things"== The text sets up a number of controversies that have underlain Chinese philosophy and political thinking. For example, one major controversy has been to define exactly the investigation of things. What things are to be investigated and how has been one of the crucial issues of [[Chinese philosophy]]. One of the first steps to understanding The ''Great Learning'' is to understand how to "investigate things". This did not consist of scientific inquiry and experimentation, but introspection, building on what is already "known" of "principle".<ref name="Gardner, Four Books, 8">Gardner, Daniel K. ''The Four Books. The Teachings of the Later Confucian Tradition''. Hackett Publishing. 2007.</ref> True introspection was supposed to allow the mind to become all knowing with regards to morality, relationships, civic duty and nature.<ref name="Gardner, Four Books, 8"/>
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