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

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

Family name comes first in Japanese language.

Modern

Kaji Nobuyuki [ja] (b. 1936)
Kure Tomofusa [ja] (b.1946) also known as Go, Chi'ei
Tsuchida Kenjiro [ja] (b. 1949)
Uno Sei'ichi [ja] (1910–2008)
Yasuoka Masahiro (安岡正篤) (1898–1983)

Korean Confucianism

Vietnamese Confucianism

Neo-Confucians

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

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

Other

References

^ 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.

See also