On Studies of Confucius
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9214161 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cheuk-Woon Taam (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1953 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 147 |
| Publication date | 1953-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy East and West (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8221 • E-ISSN: 1529-1898 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1397261 |
| OpenAlex | W2324812502 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
OF ALL THE CHINESE philosophers, Confucius (551-479 B.C.) is the most studied in the West. Fundamentally, the teachings of this man have influenced Chinese thought for more than two thousand years. Those who desire to know the Chinese way of thinking naturally begin with Confucius. In order to facilitate their evangelistic work the early missionaries found it a necessity to understand the Confucian classics. At first they merely tried to translate and interpret them for the benefit of their fellow missionaries in China, but these translations and interpretations gradually found their way to Europe and caught the attention of some philosophers and scholars. Like many other intellectual currents, interest in Confucius has its ebbs and flows. It is strange to say, however, that hardly a decade passes without the appearance of publications dealing with him-his personality, his thought, his influence, etc. For example, there are no less than thirty translations of his Analects (Lun Yii u t ). Besides, there are innumerable books, monographs, and periodical articles written about Confucius. All these bear witness to the fact that his teachings must contain something new and valuable to human knowledge; otherwise, the Western world would not have wasted so much time and energy on the sayings of this Chinese sage. In confirming the definite contributions which China can make to the formulation
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |