Tradition Institution East Asian traditions
Confucianism
儒家 zh 儒教 ja 유교 ko
Chinese ethical and philosophical system
- Also called Ruism, Rujiao, Sect of Confucius
A path that branches,
meets and parts.
Schools and lineages
Branches · 1
Many paths. Shared histories.
What this means
Association and branching, in both directions. Traditions overlap, split and re-merge; this is not a single-origin family tree, and being listed under another tradition is not the same as being recognised by it.
Does not imply a clean single-origin family tree · that the parent recognises the branch
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Recorded as a branch of
Attributed founding
Whom the records name as founder
What this means
An attribution, and a contested one in most traditions: it does not mean the tradition began fully formed, nor that later adherents accept the attribution.
Does not imply that the tradition began fully formed · that later adherents accept the attribution
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Figures · 5
Begin with a figure
What this means
Records whose own statements name this tradition — 5 of them. Computed from those statements, not curated here, and ordered by how widely each is linked across Wikipedia — those at home in the tradition’s collection first, and those with a picture first among the leading few — rather than by significance to the tradition.
An affiliation recorded on a person is a third party’s record, often of one period of a life — not that person’s belief at every point in it.
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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Confuciusc. 551 BCE – c. 479 BCE · 5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician -
Yongle Emperor2 May 1360 CE – 12 August 1424 CE · emperor of Ming dynasty China from 1402 to 1424 -
Su Shi8 January 1037 CE – 24 August 1101 CE · Chinese writer and politician (1037–1101) -
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Wang Mangc. 45 BCE – 6 October 23 CE · Han dynasty official and founding Emperor of the Xin Dynasty (c.45 BC-23 AD) -
Takasugi Shinsaku27 September 1839 CE – 17 May 1867 CE · samurai (1839-1867)
Not its own picture Wang Mang — lead image of the English Wikipedia article
Places · 3
Places and sites
What this means
Records whose own statements name this tradition — 3 of them. Computed from those statements, not curated here, and ordered by how widely each is linked across Wikipedia — those at home in the tradition’s collection first, and those with a picture first among the leading few — rather than by significance to the tradition.
A place that names a tradition may be a temple or a whole province. Either way it is not a count of believers, and not evidence of practice in every period.
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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Temple of Confucius, Qufu
Largest and most renowned temple of Confucius in East Asia -
Kaohsiung Confucian Temple
Confucian temple in Kaohsiung -
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Sun and Moon Pagodas
Twin pagodas in Guilin, Guangxi
Institutions · 2
Institutions and houses
What this means
Records whose own statements name this tradition — 2 of them. Computed from those statements, not curated here, and ordered by how widely each is linked across Wikipedia — those at home in the tradition’s collection first, and those with a picture first among the leading few — rather than by significance to the tradition.
A ruling house that names a tradition is a family’s recorded affiliation, not its subjects’ practice; an office is a line of holders, not a family.
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Connections
How Confucianism connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Documented influence 1
What this means
A transmission argued from evidence. Not shared symbols, and not a short path through a database.
Does not imply shared symbols as evidence · a short path through a database
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
2 statements on this record
- 2 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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