Confucianism is often caricatured as being hierarchical, authoritarian, misogynistic, and dogmatic. I too once shared this view and thought it was concerned exclusively with hierarchies and social ...

The centuries-old Chinese philosophy of Confucianism tackles life’s big queries by offering guidelines and advice. One such ...

Xi’s plan to glorify China’s deep cultural roots is embodied in Ruzang, a compilation of the philosopher’s writings and ...

Confucianism truly a religion, or is it more of a philosophy? This video explores the complexities of Confucianism’s classification, discussing its key features like ancestor worship, rituals, and ...

Borbalan believes that the Sino-French Culture Forum is “a very important forum for the common understanding, common critical thinking, and common willing of good future” for the peoples of China and ...

This volume discloses in meticulous detail the relevance of Confucianism to the contemporary world. Contributions by internationally renowned philosophers, lawyers, historians, and social scientists ...

For more than 1500 years, Confucianism has played a major role in shaping Japan's history - from the formation of the first Japanese states during the first millennium AD, to Japan's modernization in ...

That made the region the breeding ground for Confucianism, the philosophical root of Chinese culture, that spread around the globe. Those enlightened by his teachings about morality, harmony and ...

Confucianism originated with ancient necromancers and alchemists, who were similar to the witches in later generations that made sacrifices to gods and ancestors. The most important part of the ...

Dr Amanda Foreman discusses these beliefs as they are described in the Confucian Classics, a series of texts upon which Confucianism is based. She shows how the Classics provides teachings ...