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
- Confucius (孔夫子 Pinyin: Kong fuzi Wade-Giles: K'ung fu-tzu) – founder
- Zisi (子思)
- Mencius (孟子 Pinyin: Meng zi)
- Xun Zi (荀子)
Japanese Confucianism
Family name comes first in Japanese language.
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
Vietnamese Confucianism
- 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
Neo-Confucians
- Wang Yangming – important Idealist Neo-Confucian.
- Zhang Zai – pioneering Neo-Confucian.
- Zhou Dunyi – Song Dynasty philosopher.
- Zhu Xi – one of the leading Neo-Confucians of the Song Dynasty.
- Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi also called the cheng Brother's Students of Zhou dunyi works collected by zhu xi
New Confucians
- 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
Other
References
- Internet encyplopedia of Philosophy
- Internet encyplopedia of Philosophy
- Kenyon College
- Gutenberg
- Taylor, Rodney Leon; Choy, Howard Yuen Fung (2005). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Confucianism: A-M. The Rosen Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-8239-4080-6.
- Yao, Xinzhong (2003). RoutledgeCurzon Encyclopedia of Confucianism. Taylor & Francis US. ISBN 978-0-415-30652-2.