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

  • Yi Hwang
  • Yi I

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

Western Confucians or scholars of Confucianism

Other

References

  1. ^ Internet encyplopedia of Philosophy
  2. ^ Internet encyplopedia of Philosophy
  3. ^ Kenyon College
  4. ^ Gutenberg
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Yao, Xinzhong (2003). RoutledgeCurzon Encyclopedia of Confucianism. Taylor & Francis US. ISBN 978-0-415-30652-2.

See also