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founder of confucianism born
The founder of Confucianism was Kong Qiu (K'ung Ch'iu), who was born around 552 B.C.E. in the small state of Lu -
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confucianist founder died
died in 479 -
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confucianism begining
Formed: 500 B.C.E.
Origin: China
Followers: 5,000,000
Deity: None / various gods and ancestors
Sacred Texts: Analects (Lunyu), the Five Classics (Wujing), the Four Books (Sishu) Headquarters None -
Oct 29, 1000
spead to korea and vietnam
Although China controlled portions of the Korean peninsula and the Vietnam region early in the Common Era, by 1000 C.E. -
confucius
The Latinized name Confucius, based on the honorific title Kong Fuzi (K'ung Fu-tzu), was created by 16th-century Jesuit missionaries in China. -
new life movement
The Xin Shenghuo Yundong (New Life Movement) inaugurated by the Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), who later ruled independent Taiwan after the victory of his Communist opponents in 1949, combined modern scientific elements -- such as basic hygiene and economic development -- with traditional Confucian moral principles such as li (propriety), yi (righteousness), lian (discrimination), and chi (shame) -
dowager cixi
the Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908) moved publicly to counter the impression that China was too hidebound by Confucianism to meet the challenges of modernity. -
spread to japan
Confucianism was known to the Japanese from the sixth C.E. on; however, it was not until the Edo or Tokugawa period (1600-1868) that it became a leading ideology of state and a pervasive teaching in Japanese society. -
spread to Taisho
spread of the Meiji, Taisho, and early Showa periods (1868-1945 C.E.) -
restoration
Beginning with the restoration of direct imperial rule under the emperor Meiji in 1868, Confucian ideology -
examination system
Among the reforms that she sponsored was the abolition of the millennia-old Confucian civil service examination system in 1905. -
last emperor
the last emperor was deposed in 1912, just four years after her death. -
new confucion traditions
Despite these setbacks for Confucianism, post-imperial reformers active during the 1920s and 1930s also attempted to breathe new life into Confucian traditions. -
spread to 20th century
1920 is when they focused of trying to spread the religion into the 20th century -
secret to economic success
Later Chinese leaders, such as Singapore's founding prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew (b. 1923), championed Confucianism as the secret to the economic success attained by ethnic Chinese, -
links
The links between Confucianism and imperialism in Japan were severed when Japan surrendered to the Allies in August 1945 following the atomic bombing of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
conclusion
Confucianism has played a role in both imperialist and anti-imperialist campaigns during the 20th century -
modern confucian empire
Japan in the early 20th century C.E. may be the best example of a modern Confucian empire
