ㄍㄜˊˋgéwù

  1. 探求事物道理 格物致知」、格物窮理」。

  2. 糾正行為)​。 處身格物三國志和洽)​」。

to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學[li3 xue2], word for Western natural sciences during late Qing