Confucianism

Introduction & Top Questions
The thought of Confucius
- The historical context
- The Analects as the embodiment of Confucian ideas
Formation of the classical Confucian tradition
- Mencius: The paradigmatic Confucian intellectual
- Xunzi: The transmitter of Confucian scholarship
- The Confucianization of politics
- The Five Classics
- Dong Zhongshu: The Confucian visionary
- Confucian ethics in the Daoist and Buddhist context
The Confucian revival
- The Song masters
- Confucian learning in Jin, Yuan, and Ming
- The age of Confucianism: Chosŏn-dynasty Korea, Tokugawa Japan, and Qing China
Transformation since the 19th century

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Confucius

Confucius

Confucius, statue in Shanghai, China.

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Confucius

Confucius

Confucius, illustration in E.T.C. Werner's Myths and Legends of China, 1922.

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Mencius

Mencius

Portrait of Mencius from the Yuan dynasty (early 13th century–1368) album Half...

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Zhu Xi

Zhu Xi

Zhu Xi, ink on paper by an unknown artist; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.

Courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei (Open Government Data License, version 1.0)

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