A Study of Confucius as a Reformer of Institutions

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A Study of Confucius as a Reformer of Institutions
AuthorKang Youwei
CountryQing dynasty
LanguageTraditional Chinese
Publication date
1897[1]

A Study of Confucius as a Reformer of Institutions[2] or On Confucius as a Reformer[3] (Chinese: 孔子改制考), also translated as A Study of Kongzi as a Reformer,[4] A Study of Confucius as Reformist,[5] is a book written by Kang Youwei that preaches the idea of "changing the institutions based on the teachings of the old times" (托古改制).[6] The book was started in 1886[7] and first published in 1897[8] to suggest substantial changes to the imperial system of Qing dynasty.[9]

The book dresses up the otherwise conservative Confucius as someone who is full of enterprising spirit and advocating democratic ideas and a notion of equality.[10] According to Kang, Confucius was a visionary of institutional change who articulated a concept of progress that had been obscured by Old Text scholars.[11]

After the publication of A Study of Confucius as a Reformer of Institutions, it yielded a tremendous social influence.[12] Finally, the book was banned by the Qing government in 1898 and again in 1900 for political reasons.[13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pioneer of the Chinese Revolution: Zhang Binglin and Confucianism. Stanford University Press. July 1990. pp. 96–. ISBN 978-0-8047-6664-7.
  2. ^ Yao (Xinzhong.); Xinzhong Yao; Hsin-chung Yao (13 February 2000). An Introduction to Confucianism. Cambridge University Press. pp. 250–. ISBN 978-0-521-64430-3.
  3. ^ John Makeham (3 March 2014). Transforming Consciousness: Yogacara Thought in Modern China. Oxford University Press. pp. 106–. ISBN 978-0-19-935814-4.
  4. ^ Kam Louie (1986). Inheriting Tradition: Interpretations of the Classical Philosophers in Communist China, 1949-1966. Oxford University Press. pp. 214–. ISBN 978-0-19-584046-9.
  5. ^ Ban Wang (19 October 2017). Chinese Visions of World Order: Tianxia, Culture, and World Politics. Duke University Press. pp. 50–. ISBN 978-0-8223-7244-8.
  6. ^ Jiang Ailin (1 January 2015). The Mirror of Governing the Country: Poems ands Words in the Mirror of Reformers Through the Ages. Xinhua Publishing House. pp. 436–. ISBN 978-7-5166-1525-6.
  7. ^ Wm. Theodore De Bary; Richard Lufrano (18 April 2001). Sources of Chinese Tradition: From 1600 Through the Twentieth Century. Columbia University Press. pp. 266–. ISBN 978-0-231-51799-7.
  8. ^ M. Twohey (7 December 1998). Authority and Welfare in China: Modern Debates in Historical Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 212–. ISBN 978-0-230-37571-0.
  9. ^ Xinzhong Yao (11 May 2015). The Encyclopedia of Confucianism: 2-volume set. Routledge. pp. 341–. ISBN 978-1-317-79349-6.
  10. ^ "The cradle of the China's modern revolution". Duowei News. 2015-05-25.
  11. ^ David Der-wei Wang (22 May 2017). A New Literary History of Modern China. Harvard University Press. pp. 68–. ISBN 978-0-674-96791-5.
  12. ^ Ma Honglin (1986). Kang Youwei. Shanghai People's Press.
  13. ^ Sheldon Pollock (5 January 2015). World Philology. Harvard University Press. pp. 239–. ISBN 978-0-674-96742-7.


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