Universal and Particular—Ideological Developments in the Contemporary Chinese Confucian Revival Movement (2000–2020)

Wei Shi, Ph.D. (2022), La Trobe University, is a postdoctoral researcher at Tsinghua University. Her research interests include Confucian thought and intellectual history of Chinese philosophy.

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Introduction

 1 Objectives of the Study

 2 Research Methods

 3 What Is Confucianism?

 4 Chapter Outlines



1 The Revival of Guoxue and the Rise of Wenhua Zijue

 1 Guoxue and Its Development over the Past Century

 2 Awakening of Wenhua Zijue and Contemporary China’s Confucian Revival

 3 Concluding Remarks



2 Confucian Philosophy and Universal Values—Chen Lai’s “Humaneness-Based Ontology”

 1 The Legitimacy of “Chinese Philosophy”

 2 Contemporary Reconstruction of Ren-Based Philosophy

 3 A Critical Development of Earlier Philosophical Systems

 4 Confucian Philosophy and Universal Values

 5 Concluding Remarks



3 Confucian Affection and a Global Ethic: a Contemporary Debate on Confucian Ethics

 1 An Overview of the Debate

 2 Two Main Themes in the Debate

 3 Concluding Remarks



4 Return to Kang Youwei: a New Trend Among “Mainland New Confucians”

 1 An Increasing Interest in Kang Youwei’s Political Thought

 2 Return to Kang Youwei’s Problematique

 3 Main Arguments and Advocacies of the Kang Clique

 4 Criticisms and Responses

 5 Concluding Remarks

 6 Conclusion



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