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]- Chu Văn An
- Nguyễn Trãi
- Lê Văn Thịnh
- Bùi Quốc Khái
- Trần Thái Tông
- Trương Hán Siêu
- Chu Văn An
- Lê Quát
- Nguyễn Trãi
- Ngô Sĩ Liên
- Lê Thánh Tông
- Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm
- Lê Quý Đôn
- Nguyễn Khuyến
- Phan Đình Phùng
- Minh Mạng
- Tự Đức
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.