Confucianism - Development of early Confucianism - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Confucianism: Encyclopedia - Confucianism
Debated during the Warring States Period and forbidden during the short-lived Qin Dynasty, Confucianism was chosen by Han Wudi for use as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confucianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Confucianism - Development Of Early Confucianism
Confucius was a famous sage and social philosopher of China whose teachings have deeply influenced East Asia for 2400 years. The relation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confucianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Confucianism - Development Of Early Confucianism
Confucius (551–479 BCE) was a famous sage and social philosopher of China whose teachings deeply influenced East Asia for twenty centur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confucianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Confucianism - Themes In Confucian Thought
A simple way to appreciate Confucian thought is to consider it as being based on varying levels of honesty. In practice, the elements of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confucianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Confucianism - Core Concepts
Confucianism - Rites. "Lead the people with administrative injunctions and put them in their place with penal law, and they will avoid ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confucianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Confucianism - Core Confucian Texts
The development of Confucianism is traced through the development of its canon. It is therefore helpful to first list the main Confucian ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confucianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Confucianism - The Spread Of Confucianism
As mentioned above, the Burning of the Books and Burying of the Scholars resulted in the destruction of large numbers of books, and very ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confucianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Confucianism - Names For Confucianism
Several names for Confucianism exist in Chinese. "School of the Scholars" (pinyin Rújiā) 儒家 (Traditional and Simplified Chinese) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confucianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Confucianism - Debates
Confucianism - Does Confucianism promote corruption?. Different from many other political philosophies, Confucianism is reluctant to em...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confucianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Confucianism - Names For Confucianism
Several names for Confucianism exist in Chinese. "School of the Scholars" (pinyin Rújiā) 儒家 (Traditional and Simplified Chinese) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confucianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Confucianism - Rites
"Lead the people with administrative injunctions and put them in their place with penal law, and they will avoid punishments but will be ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confucianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Confucianism - The Spread Of Confucianism
Confucianism survived its suppression during the Qin Dynasty partly thanks to the discovery of a trove of Confucian classics hidden in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confucianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Confucianism - Governing
"To govern by virtue, let us compare it to the North Star: it stays in its place, while the myriad stars wait upon it." (Analects II, 1) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confucianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Confucianism - Meritocracy
"In teaching, there should be no distinction of classes." (Analects XV, 39) Although Confucius claimed that he never invented anything bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confucianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Confucianism - Debates
Confucianism - Does Confucianism promote corruption?. Different from many other political philosophies, Confucianism is reluctant to em...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confucianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Confucianism - Confucianism And Other Schools Of Thought
Inter-religious or inter-philosophical dialogue has occurred in the modern period between scholars of Confucianism and scholars of severa...   » Read the article