What's the difference between confucian and confucianist?

Confucian


Definition:

  • (a.) Of, or relating to, Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher and teacher.
  • (n.) A Confucianist.

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  • (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."

Confucianist


Definition:

  • (n.) A follower of Confucius; a Confucian.

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