List of Confucianists
This is a partial list of people who follow Confucianism, selected for their influence on that belief, or for their fame in other areas.
Early Confucians[edit]
- Confucius (孔夫子 Pinyin: Kong fuzi Wade-Giles: K'ung fu-tzu) – founder
- Zisi (子思)
- Mencius (孟子 Pinyin: Meng zi)
- Xun Zi (荀子)
Japanese Confucianism[edit]
Family name comes first in Japanese language.
Modern
- Kaji Nobuyuki (b. 1936)
- Kure Tomofusa (b.1946) also known as Go, Chi'ei
- Tsuchida Kenjiro (b. 1949)
- Uno Sei'ichi (1910–2008)
- Yasuoka Masahiro (安岡正篤) (1898–1983)
Korean Confucianism[edit]
Vietnamese Confucianism[edit]
Neo-Confucians[edit]
- Wang Yangming – important Idealist Neo-Confucian.[1]
- Zhang Zai – pioneering Neo-Confucian.[2]
- Zhou Dunyi – Song Dynasty philosopher.[3]
- Zhu Xi – one of the leading Neo-Confucians of the Song Dynasty.[4]
- Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi also called the cheng Brother's Students of Zhou dunyi works collected by zhu xi [5] [6]
New Confucians[edit]
- Tu Wei-Ming – advocate of "New Confucianism"
- Xiong Shili – founding figure in "New Confucianism"
- Ma Yifu – founding figure in "New Confucianism"
Western Confucians or scholars of Confucianism[edit]
Other[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Internet encyplopedia of Philosophy
- ^ Internet encyplopedia of Philosophy
- ^ Kenyon College
- ^ Gutenberg
- ^ Taylor, Rodney Leon; Choy, Howard Yuen Fung (2005). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Confucianism: A-M. The Rosen Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-8239-4080-6.
- ^ Yao, Xinzhong (2003). RoutledgeCurzon Encyclopedia of Confucianism. Taylor & Francis US. ISBN 978-0-415-30652-2.