The Confucian scholar who was the primary proponent of the idea that the correct way to transcend the material world was self-cultivation through the "investigation of things" was

A. Zhu Xi.
B. Wang Yangming.
C. Fa Xua.
D. Tang Wo.
E. Shao Yung.


Answer: A

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