Original Examination of Confucianism

Author: Wu Longhui
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: This book explores the historical trajectory and inherent academic logic of Confucian evolution from Confucius to Dong Zhongshu over approximately 400 years. It focuses on analyzing the social and political roots of the emergence of the Confucian group; Confucius's transcendence and transformation of the Zhou Dynasty aristocratic culture; Confucius's redefinition of the gentlemanly character and the establishment of Confucian virtues; the challenge posed by Mohism to Confucianism and Confucianism's active responses; the impact of the natural and cosmological thought trends on Confucianism and Xunzi's reconstruction of the Confucian system; and the historical shift of Confucianism from a prominent school among the Hundred Schools of Thought to an official state ideology during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han.