Philosophy: Eastern Philosophy: Confucianism: Page 2

Articles on the various historical manifestations of this philosophical tradition. Part of the PHILTAR Overview of World Religions.

Short article by Joseph Wang from China Community Forum. Notes three key philosophical obstacles to the modern revival of Confucianism.

Article by Mary Evelyn Tucker. Notes positive and negative aspects of Confucian doctrine with regard to environmental ethics.

Links to English commentaries on and translations of Confucian classics.

Pictures from antiquity and the present day relating to the Confucian tradition.

Article by Thomas A. Wilson, detailing the historical process by which Confucius and his followers came to be venerated across China.

Notes by J. Dominguez on the basic attibutes of this philosophy.

Brief article noting the compatibility of the Confucian, Buddhist and Taoist traditions.

Paper by James Wang delivered at the 20th World Congress of Philosophy. Sets in opposition the Confucian and Western contractarian understandings of family relations.

Article on the historical application of Confucian doctrines to the imperial Chinese educational system.

Outlines the role of historical inquiry in the Confucian thought of the Chinese Song dynasty.

A year 2000 article from China.org.cn. Describes the contemporary popularity of Confucian studies in China.

Study questions and presentations from an introductory course on East Asian thought.

The ideal of conduct, ordering all human relationships and resulting in an ideal social structure and harmony - a famous maxim is: "Never do to others, what you would not like them to do to you."

Commentary, and online texts and resources for the study of this school of thought.

Essay by Jonathan Chan which seeks to show how a Confucian business ethic is possible, despite the Confucian prohibition on profit-seeking.