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confucianism

kuhn fyooh shuh ni zuhm

  • n  the teachings of Confucius emphasizing love for humanity; high value given to learning and to devotion to family (including ancestors); peace; justice; influenced the traditional culture of China
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  • Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Malaysia Star
    Also, the Centre for Religious Harmony now serves Confucianism. And there are no more problems now about the establishment of houses of worship for Confucians,Yudhoyono said.
  • Jonathan Spence in Seattle Post Intelligencer
    Jonathan Spence wrote in his preface to The Gate of Heavenly Peace, "Kang Youwei, trained in the canons of traditional Confucianism:became a spokesman for radical reform as the Qing dynasty drew to its close in the late nineteenth century."
  • Qiu Xiaolong in TIME
    In the past, Chinese people believed in Confucianism,Qiu says. "That's basically an ethical system: what you should do and what you should not do. Then people believed in Mao and communism. In a way, that was also about what you should and...

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