脈 Intellectual Genealogy

Master-disciple relationships and schools of Confucian thought

先秦儒學

Pre-Qin Confucianism

551–221 BCE

Early Confucianism
儒家 · Rújiā
Confucius also: Kongzi, Kong Zi
Kǒngzǐ 孔子 · 551–479 BCE
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Yan Hui
Yán Huí 顏回 · 521–490 BCE
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Zengzi
Zēngzǐ 曾子 · 505–435 BCE
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Zisi
Zǐsī 子思 · 483–402 BCE
School of Mencius
孟學 · Mèng Xué
Mencius also: Mengzi, Meng Zi
Mèngzǐ 孟子 · 372–289 BCE
School of Xunzi
荀學 · Xún Xué
Xunzi also: Xun Zi, Hsün-tzu
Xúnzǐ 荀子 · 310–235 BCE
經學

Han Classicism

206 BCE–220 CE

Han Confucianism
漢儒 · Hàn Rú
Dong Zhongshu also: Tung Chung-shu
Dǒng Zhòngshū 董仲舒 · 179–104 BCE
Zheng Xuan
Zhèng Xuán 鄭玄 · 127–200
道學

Neo-Confucianism

960–1644

School of Principle
理學 · Lǐxué
Zhu Xi also: Chu Hsi, Zhuxi
Zhū Xī 朱熹 · 1130–1200
Zhou Dunyi also: Chou Tun-i
Zhōu Dūnyí 周敦頤 · 1017–1073
Zhang Zai
Zhāng Zài 張載 · 1020–1077
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Cheng Hao
Chéng Hào 程顥 · 1032–1085
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Cheng Yi
Chéng Yí 程頤 · 1033–1107
School of Mind
心學 · Xīnxué
Wang Yangming also: Wang Yang-ming, Wang Shouren, Wang Shou-jen
Wáng Yángmíng 王陽明 · 1472–1529
Lu Xiangshan also: Lu Hsiang-shan, Lu Jiuyuan
Lù Xiàngshān 陸象山 · 1139–1193
考據學

Evidential Learning

1644–1912

Evidential School
考據學 · Kǎojù Xué
Gu Yanwu
Gù Yánwǔ 顧炎武 · 1613–1682
Huang Zongxi
Huáng Zōngxī 黃宗羲 · 1610–1695
Wang Fuzhi
Wáng Fūzhī 王夫之 · 1619–1692
現代儒學

Modern Confucianism

1890–present

Reform Confucianism
維新儒學 · Wéixīn Rúxué
Kang Youwei also: K'ang Yu-wei
Kāng Yǒuwéi 康有為 · 1858–1927
New Confucianism
新儒家 · Xīn Rújiā
Xiong Shili
Xióng Shílì 熊十力 · 1885–1968
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Mou Zongsan
Móu Zōngsān 牟宗三 · 1909–1995
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Tang Junyi
Táng Jūnyì 唐君毅 · 1909–1978
Tu Weiming
Tú Wéimíng 杜維明 · 1940–