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Bitter Winter

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Confucianism

A “Model Confucius Institute” operates in the University of Manchester. From Twitter.

10/28/2022 Ruth Ingram

UK: Sunak In, Confucius Institutes Out?

The new British Prime Minister has promised to disband the country’s Confucius Institutes, a tool of Beijing’s propaganda.

Xi Jinping discusses the Chinese notion of human rights via video with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet during her recent visit to China. From Weibo.

06/24/2022 Massimo Introvigne

Xi Jinping Explains the CCP Theory of “Human Rights” with Marx and Confucius

An important theoretical article published on June 15 evidenced once again that Xi uses “human rights” with a different meaning than the rest of the world.

A Wulun Culture meeting photographed by an undercover Public Security agent. Source: Binhu District, Wuxi, Jiangsu, Public Security via Weibo.

06/18/2022 Qin Shoushan

Wulun Culture: Crackdown on a Neo-Confucian Movement

When Confucianism is taught independently, courses and seminars are quickly prohibited and teachers go to jail.

A temple of Confucius in a significant location: Urumqi, Xinjiang province.

05/10/2022 Massimo Introvigne

Confucianism: “Atheism” or Religion? 5. How Confucianism Became a Religion—Unless It Didn’t

In contemporary China, some try to establish a “Confucian Church,” while Xi Jinping believes a non-religious Confucianism lives within the Communist Party.

Temple of Confucius in Jiangyin, Jiangsu province.

05/09/2022 Massimo Introvigne

Confucianism: “Atheism” or Religion? 4. The “Official Religion of Imperial China”?

A long process made the “Way of the Ru” an ideology governing the bureaucracy, education, and the imperial rites. The label “official religion” may however be misleading.

The Temple of Heaven, Beijing.

05/06/2022 Massimo Introvigne

Confucianism: “Atheism” or Religion? 3. For Heaven’s Sake

Confucius’ notion of “Heaven” (Tian) was not necessarily religious. Rather than “a religion,” traditional Confucianism may be regarded as a “religious tradition.”

A Western Han dynasty (202 BCE–9 CE) fresco depicting Confucius, from a grave in Shandong province.

05/05/2022 Massimo Introvigne

Confucianism: “Atheism” or Religion? 2. In Search of Confucius

Scholars believe a sage called Kongzi (Confucius) did exist between the 6th and the 5th century BCE. He was a traditionalist who tried to restore the way of the ancient scholars.

A temple of Confucius in Dujiangyan, Sichuan.

05/04/2022 Massimo Introvigne

Confucianism: “Atheism” or Religion? 1. Is There Religion in China?

Confucianism is now presented in China as non-religious and an early form of atheism. To address the issue, we should first ask what “religion” in this discussion means.

Large Buddhist statues at the entrance to the scenic area were hidden behind galvanized iron sheets.

10/28/2019 Ye Ling

1,800 Religious Statues “Disappeared” in a Scenic Area

The Arhat Mountain scenic area, built with private funds to pay tribute to Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, came under the government’s attack.

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