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The 138 pages that link to Confucianism, each with the reason it gives.

• Spring and Autumn AnnalsNarrower topic: The Annals’ canonical status developed within traditions of Confucian learning.

• Wang YangmingNarrower topic: Wang developed his ethics within Confucian debates about how people become virtuous.

• Book of RitesNarrower topic: The classic gives institutional and ritual form to Confucian teachings.

• Dream of the Red ChamberRelated: Confucian ideals of family duty frame the tensions between personal desire and household expectation.

• Five ClassicsNarrower topic: The classics became foundational texts within this broader tradition.

• Kang YouweiNarrower topic: Kang grounded radical institutional change in an authoritative Confucian framework.

• MoziCompared with: Its emphasis on role-based duties stands against Mohist impartial care.

• SinocentrismRelated: Its account of cultivated rule informed claims that Chinese institutions embodied civilization.

• Chinese literatiRelated: Its teachings supplied the ethical and political framework of literati education.

• Eastern ZhouRelated: It developed amid Eastern Zhou debates over ethical government, social roles, and political order.

• GyeongbokgungRelated: Confucian ideals informed the palace’s ceremonial order and the hierarchy of its spaces.

• Matteo RicciRelated: Ricci presented Catholic ideas through concepts he found in Confucian texts and social practice.

• Motoori NorinagaCompared with: Its moralizing interpretations of literature were a target of Norinaga’s arguments.

• Ren (Confucianism)Narrower topic: Ren is one of the tradition’s central virtues.

• Self-cultivationBroader topic: Confucian thought made personal moral formation central to social and political order.

• TianRelated: Confucian thinkers made alignment with Tian a foundation for ethical conduct.

• Wang MangRelated: Wang Mang justified major policies through ideals drawn from classical Confucian texts.

• Classic of PoetryRelated: Confucian scholars treated the poems as evidence about virtue, social order, and governance.

• James LeggeRelated: Legge translated the Confucian canon and treated its teachings as serious philosophical works.

• Scholar-officialNarrower topic: Its texts supplied much of the moral and intellectual curriculum officials were expected to master.

• Tao Te ChingCompared with: The Tao Te Ching challenges the Confucian confidence in moral instruction and social order.

• Chinese political thoughtRelated: Its account of moral leadership and social hierarchy became a lasting framework for Chinese governance.

• Confucian ritualNarrower topic: Confucian ritual is one strand within this broader tradition.

• HumilityNarrower topic: Confucian ideals connect modest self-cultivation with respect for teachers and social roles.

• Lu stateRelated: Lu became inseparable from the tradition because Confucius lived and taught there.

• New ConfucianismNarrower topic: New Confucians reinterpret this inherited tradition rather than simply reproduce its classical forms.

• Ancestor worship in ChinaCompared with: It treats ancestral rites chiefly as expressions of moral cultivation and family order.

• Cai YuanpeiCompared with: Cai challenged Confucianism’s dominance in education while retaining interest in its ethical legacy.

• Comparative philosophyBroader topic: Its account of virtue and social relations offers a distinct framework for ethical comparison.

• Wu weiCompared with: Its focus on cultivated norms contrasts with Daoist suspicion of excessive artifice.

• Asian valuesRelated: Its teachings on role-based duties and social order are often invoked to explain Asian values.

• Bai JuyiNarrower topic: Confucian ideas of moral responsibility informed debates about officials’ duties and public writing.

• Ban ZhaoNarrower topic: Confucian ideals shaped the moral language and social order of her world.

• Burning of books and burying of scholarsCompared with: Later Confucian histories made this tradition the emblem of learning Qin had suppressed.

• Cheng HaoNarrower topic: Cheng Hao renewed Confucian teaching as a philosophy of moral character and social life.

• Foot bindingRelated: Gender hierarchy and family order shaped the social world in which the custom persisted.

• Four Books and Five ClassicsNarrower topic: The canon’s texts became central sources for Confucian teaching and debate.

• Mount TaiRelated: Confucian state ritual helped frame imperial ceremonies performed at the mountain.

• Shen BuhaiCompared with: Its stress on virtuous conduct differs from Shen Buhai’s reliance on administrative methods.

• Three Sovereigns and Five EmperorsRelated: Confucian thinkers made the sage rulers precedents for virtuous political leadership.

• Zhou DunyiNarrower topic: Zhou extended Confucian moral inquiry into an account of cosmic structure and human nature.

• Zhuang ZhouCompared with: The Zhuangzi often contrasts its suspicion of imposed norms with Confucian commitments to social cultivation.

• Chinese cultureRelated: Its ideals of duty, learning, and proper relationships have deeply influenced Chinese education and public life.

• Feng YoulanRelated: Feng treated Confucian thought as a central strand of China’s philosophical history.

• Guan ZhongNarrower topic: Confucian judgments of Guan Zhong reveal tensions between political effectiveness and personal virtue.

• Guo XiRelated: His court service and disciplined artistic practice belong to a Confucian scholarly environment.

• Lê Thánh TôngNarrower topic: Its doctrines supplied the moral and institutional framework favored by his court.

• NontheismBroader topic: Its central concerns are moral cultivation and social relationships, not creator worship.

• Strange Tales from a Chinese StudioRelated: The stories test Confucian ideals against human weakness and unjust institutions.

• Emperor of ChinaRelated: Confucian ideals supplied influential standards for evaluating imperial conduct.