List of Confucianists

This is a partial list of people who follow Confucianism, selected for their influence on that belief, or for their fame in other areas.

## Early Confucians

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* Confucius – founder
* Disciples of Confucius
* Ten Wise Ones
* Yan Hui
* Min Sun
* Ran Geng
* Ran Yong
* Duanmu Ci
* Zai Yu
* Ran Qiu
* Zhong You
* Yan Yan
* Bu Shang

* Zisi
* Mencius
* Xun Zi

## Neo-Confucians

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* Zhang Zai
* Zhou Dunyi

### Cheng–Zhu school

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* Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi
* Zhu Xi

### Lu–Wang school

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* Lu Jiuyuan
* Wang Yangming

### Yongjia School

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* Ye Shi

## Japanese Confucianism

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Family name comes first in Japanese language.

* Fujiwara Seika
* Hayashi Razan
* Ogyū Sorai
* Toju Nakae

Modern

* Kaji Nobuyuki [ja] (b. 1936)
* Kure Tomofusa [ja] (b.1946) also known as Go, Chi'ei
* Tsuchida Kenjiro [ja] (b. 1949)
* Uno Sei'ichi [ja] (1910-2008)
* Yasuoka Masahiro (安岡正篤) (1898-1983)

## Korean Confucianism

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* Yi Hwang
* Yi I

## Vietnamese Confucianism

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* Chu Văn An
* Nguyễn Trãi
* Lê Văn Thịnh
* Bùi Quốc Khái
* Trần Thái Tông
* Trương Hán Siêu
* Chu Văn An
* Lê Quát
* Nguyễn Trãi
* Ngô Sĩ Liên
* Lê Thánh Tông
* Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm
* Lê Quý Đôn
* Nguyễn Khuyến
* Phan Đình Phùng
* Minh Mạng
* Tự Đức

## New Confucians

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* Tu Wei-Ming – advocate of "New Confucianism"
* Xiong Shili – founding figure in "New Confucianism"
* Ma Yifu – founding figure in "New Confucianism"

## Western Confucians or scholars of Confucianism

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* Philip J. Ivanhoe
* Robert Cummings Neville
* Eric L. Hutton

## Other

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* Wang Fuzhi
* Huang Zongxi
* Gu Xiancheng

## References

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## See also

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* Disciples of Confucius
* List of people by belief
* List of Confucian states and dynasties