Contemporary Exploration of New Confucianism

Author: Wu Guang
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: This issue includes a total of 21 papers. The authors of these papers include several well-known scholars of New Confucianism both domestically and internationally, such as Tu Weiming, Liu Shuxian, Cheng Zhongying, and Mr. Cai Renhou, among others. They not only have a systematic and genuine understanding of traditional Confucianism but also offer profound philosophical reflections and insightful theoretical innovations in contemporary New Confucianism. There are also several theoretical explorers of New Confucianism, such as Lin Anwu, Li Minghui, Luo Yijun, and Mr. Yan Binggang, among others. They have both deeply reflected on the doctrines of their predecessors and proposed their own relatively systematic new theories. Some authors fall between Confucianism and non-Confucianism, or are scholars who adopt a pluralistic research attitude, such as Gong Pengcheng, Wang Bangxiong, Qian Xun, Yang Guorong, and Mr. Ou Chongjing, among others. Their papers often exhibit more rational and objective characteristics, demonstrating keen insights and profound insights in their critiques, analyses, and prospects for Confucianism and New Confucianism. Others are young scholars who have just entered the academic field, and their analyses of contemporary New Confucian thought also offer personal insights and unique perspectives. Of course, there are also critics of traditional Confucianism and contemporary New Confucianism, such as Mr. Qi Liang, who deeply question and critique the fundamental theory of Confucianism—"Inner Sage" studies.