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
editJapanese Confucianism
editFamily 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
editVietnamese Confucianism
editNeo-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
editOther
editReferences
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.