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List of Confucianists

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This is a partial list of people who follow Confucianism, selected for their influence on that belief, or for their fame in other areas.

Contents

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

  • Fujiwara Seika
  • Hayashi Razan
  • Ogyū Sorai
  • Toju Nakae

    • Korean Confucianism

  • Yi Hwang
  • Yi I

    • Neo-Confucians

  • Wang Yangming – important Idealist Neo-Confucian.
  • Zhang Zai – pioneering Neo-Confucian.
  • Zhou Dunyi – Song Dynasty philosopher.
  • Zhu Xi – one of the leading Neo-Confucians of the Song Dynasty.

    • 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

  • Philip J. Ivanhoe
  • Robert Cummings Neville

    • Other

  • Wang Fuzhi
  • Huang Zongxi
  • Gu Xiancheng

    • References

    List of Confucianists Wikipedia
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