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Confucianism

way of life
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Professor of Chinese History and Philosophy, Harvard University. Author of Confucian Thought: Selfhood as Creative Transformation and others.
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Confucianism, the way of life propagated by Confucius in the 6th–5th century bce and followed by the Chinese people for more than two millennia. Although transformed over time, it is still the substance of learning, the source of values, and the social code of the Chinese. Its influence has also extended to other countries, particularly Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. Confucianism, a Western term that has no counterpart in Chinese, is a worldview, a social ethic,...

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