Intellectual Genealogy

Confucius also: Kongzi, Kong Zi 孔子 Kǒngzǐ · 551–479 BCE Yan Hui 顏回 Yán Huí · 521–490 BCE Zengzi 曾子 Zēngzǐ · 505–435 BCE Zisi 子思 Zǐsī · 483–402 BCE

Mencius also: Mengzi, Meng Zi 孟子 Mèngzǐ · 372–289 BCE

Xunzi also: Xun Zi, Hsün-tzu 荀子 Xúnzǐ · 310–235 BCE

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

Zhu Xi also: Chu Hsi, Zhuxi 朱熹 Zhū Xī · 1130–1200 Zhou Dunyi also: Chou Tun-i 周敦頤 Zhōu Dūnyí · 1017–1073 Zhang Zai 張載 Zhāng Zài · 1020–1077 Cheng Hao 程顥 Chéng Hào · 1032–1085 Cheng Yi 程頤 Chéng Yí · 1033–1107

Wang Yangming also: Wang Yang-ming, Wang Shouren, Wang Shou-jen 王陽明 Wáng Yángmíng · 1472–1529 Lu Xiangshan also: Lu Hsiang-shan, Lu Jiuyuan 陸象山 Lù Xiàngshān · 1139–1193

Gu Yanwu 顧炎武 Gù Yánwǔ · 1613–1682 Huang Zongxi 黃宗羲 Huáng Zōngxī · 1610–1695 Wang Fuzhi 王夫之 Wáng Fūzhī · 1619–1692

Kang Youwei also: K'ang Yu-wei 康有為 Kāng Yǒuwéi · 1858–1927

Xiong Shili 熊十力 Xióng Shílì · 1885–1968 Mou Zongsan 牟宗三 Móu Zōngsān · 1909–1995 Tang Junyi 唐君毅 Táng Jūnyì · 1909–1978 Tu Weiming 杜維明 Tú Wéimíng · 1940–