2006•Journal of Liaoning UniversityRequires access
Dilemma of Adhering to Confucianism and Deducing Confucianism——On Han Yu and Confucian orthodoxy
Wenyuan Wang
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Abstract
The dilemma of adhering to Confucianism and deducing Confucianism has existed in the interpretation and development of Confucianism.Different schools have been holding on to different doctrines.There has been no agreement about who should be the successor to Confucius.But when Han Yu emerges,the dispute is over.It is Han Yu who puts forward a clue.Han Yu points out that Confucianism originates from Yao and Shun and then goes through Yu,Tang,Wen Wang,Wu Wang,Zhou Gong,Confucius and Mencius.Han Yu summarizes Confucian orthodoxy but is not accepted by the doctrine.The reason is that the rulers prefer a pseudo-Confucianism to Confucianism itself.