List of Confucianists

This is a partial list of people who follow Confucianism, selected for their influence on that belief, or for their fame in other areas.

Early Confucians

• Confucius (孔夫子 Pinyin: Kong fuzi Wade-Giles: K'ung fu-tzu) – founder
• Zisi
• Mencius
• Sun Ce, founder of the Eastern Wu Dynasty
• Xun Zi

Japanese Confucianism

• Ogyū Sorai
• Toju Nakae

Korean Confucianism

• Yi Hwang
• Yi I

Neo-Confucians

• Wang Yangming – Important Idealist Neo-Confucian.^[1]
• Zhang Zai – Pioneering Neo-Confucian.^[2]
• Zhou Dunyi – Song Dynasty philosopher.^[3]
• Zhu Xi – One of the leading Neo-Confucians of the Song Dynasty.^[4]

New Confucians

• Tu Wei-Ming, advocate of "New Confucianism"
• Xiong Shili, a founding figure in "New Confucianism"

Western Confucians or scholars of Confucianism

• Philip J. Ivanhoe
• Robert Cummings Neville

Other

• Wang Fuzhi

References

See also

• Disciples of Confucius
• List of people by belief