-
The Chinese teacher and philosopher Confucius (551-479 B.C.) was the founder of the humanistic school of philosophy known as the Ju or Confucianism, which taught the concepts of benevolence, ritual, and propriety.
|
-
One of the most important Confucian thinkers. His philosophy is characterized by the assertion that man's nature is basically good.
|
-
His new version of Confucianism which can be contrasted with that of the other great follower of Confucius who saw people as inherently good.
|
-
Originally a follower of Confucius, Mozi evolved a doctrine of universal love that gave rise to a religious movement called Mohism.
|
-
A Chinese statesman and philosopher and one of the main formulators of Chinese Legalist philosophy.
|
-
One of the greatest Chinese scholars and philosophers. Zhu Xi is regarded as the spokesman represents a summary of doctrines of his predecessors as well as original ideas of his own.
|
-
A rationalistic naturalist, he paved the way for the critical spirit of the next philosophical period and prepared China for the advent of Neo-Daoism.
|
-
He is ranked high as a poet but, more importantly, is revered as a master of prose writing. His writing is characterized by a devotion to classicism both in form and in content.
|
-
He was a Han Dynasty scholar who is traditionally associated with the promotion of Confucianism as official ideology of the Chinese imperial state.
|
-
Wang was a follower of Confucius, but he believed that the neo-Confucian philosophy which dominated China at the time had distorted Confucius's teachings.
|