Reflection on the Dual Nature of Confucianism in the System of Modern Value

Confucianism is a pluralistic contradictory unity which has different and complex content. A simple affirmation or denial seems to be hasty, arrogant and ignorant. From the angle of modern democratic politics, the market economy and its ethical culture, Confucianism is contradictary with the essential demand of modern democratic politics and the market economy. But Confucianism can become the essential material of the whole modern ethical culture. The dual nature of Confucianism is the basis and premise of our analysis.