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Understanding Confucianism Values

The term Confucianism was first thought to be coined during the 17th Century by Jesuit missionaries who saw a strong correlation between the values they observed among Chinese officials and some of the classical texts of Confucianism [Nadeau 2014, 23].  Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC) was a Chinese teacher,...

Confucianism: religion or worldview?

In some East Asian contexts, the concept of religion encapsulates the ideas of an organisation or movement that a person joins, and also something imported from a Western context. Based on that understanding, many people from across East Asia would argue that Confucianism should be classified as a worldview rather...