(a.) Of, or relating to, Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher and teacher.
(n.) A Confucianist.
Example Sentences:
(1) He saw in the economic success of east Asia the triumph of “Confucian values”: discipline, order, respect for education and authority over western values of individualism, liberalism and democracy.
(2) I just thought up a nonsensical Confucian-sounding aphorism and said it in a grossly exaggerated version of my dad's voice.
(3) The economic miracle of East Asia is followed by the emergence of a new common identity in Confucianism among the nations in the region.
(4) In his conquest of power, Mao Zedong used military tactics derived from Sun Tzu , who lived around 500 BC; Confucianism, dating from around the same time, remains at the heart of China’s social thinking, despite Mao’s ruthless attempts to suppress it.
(5) Chinese leaders have tried to bolster their waning legitimacy by pointing to the ancient ideals of Confucianism, as evidenced by the ubiquitous presence of state-sponsored Confucius Institutes around the world.
(6) Being the predominant cultural determining force in East Asia, Confucianism has deeply influenced East Asian behaviour.
(7) Third, the East Asian's lack of assertiveness is rooted in the Confucian ideal of man as a reflection of harmony in the cosmos and the Confucian ideal of society as based on the fulfillment of duties rather than the assertion of rights.
(8) "Huntingdon said the coming clash will be between the western civilisation and the Islamic-Confucian civilisation.
(9) But the ancient Confucian concept of minben asserted that "the people are the root of the state" , and that their concerns should always come before the desires of those who rule them.
(10) Confucianism and Christianity were both revolutionary," he said.
(11) However, later in life, as Chinese identity and Confucian attitudes emphasising education, discipline and hierarchy became more important, he would be criticised for presenting himself as a fount of wisdom, a convincing articulator of modern Asia to western audiences, while actually behaving with all the intolerance of a Chinese emperor.
(12) To many he became the embodiment of the orderly transition of a region from western dominance to neo-Confucian success.
(13) He said they had been preparing for the award since 1988 and "seeking Confucian wisdom"; evidently a lengthy process.
(14) President Xi, like his predecessor Hu Jintao, speaks often about the Confucian virtues of harmony ( hexie ) and stability ( wending ).
(15) This community of 400 farmers is located in Shandong province, the origin of the Confucian ethical code that has dominated the nation's morals for more than 2,000 years.
(16) This long, painful, and complicated process began with the collapse of China’s ancient imperial system and its sustaining Confucian ideology in 1912.
(17) Xi, a leading promoter of China's economic renaissance, incarnates an unashamed patriotism in which neo-Maoism and neo-Confucianism coexist – so long as they contribute to assuring the Communist party's supremacy and promoting its sacred heritage.
(18) Second, the East Asian's lack of principled moral thinking is linked to the dyadic, relation-based character of the Confucian ethic, its lack of hypothetical reasoning and its hierarchical view of human relationships.
(19) In establishing the fundamental layout of the new capital, the Ming reached for a suitably weighty touchstone, drawing on the teachings of the Kaogong Ji (roughly translated as “regulations of construction”), a text dating from the fifth century BC; part of the Rites of Zhou, an ancient Confucian manual of bureaucracy and organisational theory.
(20) As the Confucian phrase goes: "Only the virtuous can rule all under Heaven."