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
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.