Asian Studies Program
Joseph Adler

Links for Confucianism
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Primary texts:

Practicing Taijiquan in the outer garden of the Taipei Confucian Temple (click image for larger view).

• Confucian Classics (Ulrich Theobald)
• Versions of the Canon (Thomas Wilson)
  • Development of the Canon
  • The Thirteen Scriptures (Classics)
• Chinese Philosophical Etext Archive: Chinese texts (Wesleyan University)
• Four of the Five Classics (trans. James Legge)
• Bilingual Classics (Legge) - scroll down to "Source texts"
• Shijing (Classic of Songs) - another version of Legge's translation, with pinyin romanization [corrected link]
• The Liji (Record of Ritual) - Legge:
  • Part I
    • Chs. 3-4 (or 2A-2B) -- Robert Eno
  • Part II
• The "Four Books" (Analects, Great Learning, The Mean, Mencius):
  • James Legge's translations (late 19th c.)
  • Charles Muller's translations (late 20th c.)
  • Robert Eno's translations (early 21st c.)
• The Analects in English and Chinese (trans. James Legge, from Sacred Books of the East)
• The Analects in English and Chinese (trans. uncredited, from Confucius Publishing Co.)
• Xiaojing (Scripture of Filiality) | with Chinese text
• The Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety
  • Partial translation by Lydia Gerber
  • Complete translation by Dharma Master Heng Sure
• Confucius Publ. Co.: a few texts, lots of pictures
  
  
• Zhou Dunyi's "Taijitu shuo" in the Daozang (Daoist Canon)
  
• The Philosophy of Human Nature, by J. Percy Bruce (1922): chapters 46-48 of Zhu Xi's "Complete Works" (Zhuzi quanshu, 1713). The first English translation (very dated) of works by Zhu Xi.
• "Workers, Peasants and Soldiers Criticize Lin Piao and Confucius": pamphlet from the Cultural Revolution, (1972)
  
  General articles:
  
• "Confucianism" by Tu Weiming (Encyclopedia Britannica)
• Overview of Confucianism (Yao Xinzhong)
  • Historical periods and schools
• Biography of Confucius by Mark Csikszentmihalyi (2000)
• Confucian Philosophy: articles from the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• "Confucian Ways" by Jonathan Spence (transcript of BBC radio lecture, 2008) | Listen to lecture
• "What We Can Learn from Confucianism" by Daniel Bell (Guardian, 7/26/09)
• "The New Confucianism in Beijing" by Wm. Theodore de Bary (1995)
• "The Confucian Comeback" by On-cho Ng (lecture on Youtube -- see also lectures by other scholars listed)
• Lectures by Anne Cheng (Collège de France) -- in voiceover translation
  
  On human rights:
  
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UN, 1948)
• UN documents on human rights
• Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities (1997)
• "Right and Wrong Ways to Question Human Rights Universalism" by Edward Friedman (2003)
• "Two Cheers for 'Asian Values'" by Nathan Glazer
• Bibliography: Confucianism, Asian Values, and Human Rights
• Charlie Rose interview with Lee Kuan Yew
  
  On women:
  
• Traditions of Exemplary Women (Lieh-nü chuan): English introduction, Chinese text, and illustrations
  • Traditions of Exemplary Women: some of the same material, with some of the biographies translated into English
• Ban Zhao, author of Lessons for Women
• "The Four Books for Women: Ancient Chinese texts for the education of women" by Zhang Mingqi (1987)
• "Perspectives on Foot-binding" by Dorothy Ko (AsiaNetwork Exchange, 2008) [Link fixed 10/27/15]]
• Mencius and Masculinities: Dynamics of Power, Morality, and Maternal Thinking, by Joanne D. Birdwhistell: chapter 1
• Contemporaneity and Feminism: special issue of Journal of Chinese Philosophy: vol. 36, no.2 (2009)
  
  Bibliographies::
  
• Confucianism
• Confucian religiosity
• Confucianism and East Asian Economics
• Asian Values and Human Rights
• Confucianism and Women
• Women in Chinese History
• Bibliography on Chinese Women and Gender Issues (Marjorie Chan, OSU)
• Gender and Sexuality in Pre-Modern China (Paul R. Goldin, UPenn)
• Principal Translations of the Thirteen Classics into Western Languages (Paul R. Goldin, UPenn)
• Bibliography of Asian Studies
  
  More articles:
• Peter Berger's blog posts on Confucianism:
  • "Confucius and Religious Freedom" (6/22/11)
  • "Natural Polytheism in China" (11/30/11)
  • "Is Confucianism a Religion?" (2/15/12)
  • "What Is Religious Freedom Good For?" (3/18/14)
• "Traditional Confucianism and its Contemporary Relevance," by Lin Hang (2011)
• Applied Ethics from a Confucian Perspective: special issue of Dao (2010), 7 articles
• "How Confucianism could curb global warming" by James Miller (Christian Science Monitor, June 2009)
• "Idols" in the Temple: Icons and the Cult of Confucius" by Julia Murray (Journal of Asian Studies, 2009)
• "China and International Harmony: The Role of Confucius Institutes in Bolstering China's Soft Power" by James F. Paradise (Asian Survey, 2009)
• Two articles supporting Mencius' claim that morality is natural (NY Times, 2007)
  • "Scientist Finds the Beginnings of Morality in Primate Behavior"
  • "Is ‘Do Unto Others’ Written Into Our Genes?"
    
• "Confucian Theology: Three Models" by Yong Huang (2007)
• Articles on Kant and Confucianism (Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 2006)
• "Ethics for the 21st Century: The Confucian Tradition" by Karl-Heinz Pohl (2005)
• "Democracy and Confucian Values" by Shaun O'Dwyer (Philosophy East & West, 2003)
• "Can Confucianism Survive in an Age of Universalism and Globalization?" by Gilbert Rozman (Pacific Affairs, 2002)
• "Implications of the Rise of 'Confucian' East Asia" by Tu Weiming (Daedalus, 2000; issue on "Multiple Modernities")
• "Confucian Commentary and Chinese Intellectual History" by Daniel Gardner (1998)
• "The Confucian World View: Uncommon Assumptions, Common Misconceptions" by Roger Ames (AsiaNetwork Exchange, 1997)
• "Administrative Concepts in Confucianism and their Influence on Development in Confucian Countries" by Dao Minh Chau (Asian Journal of Public Administration, June 1996)
• "Confucius in Beijing: The conference of the International Confucian Foundation" by Reg Little (1995)
• "The Place and Meaning of the Notion of Taiji in Taoist Sources Prior to the Ming Dynasty" by Isabelle Robinet (1990; an important article; JSTOR access required)
• "Zhu Xi" by Kirill O. Thompson (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
• "Confucianism and Ecology: Potential and Limits" by Mary Evelyn Tucker
• "Confucianism and Modernity: Insights from an Interview with Tu Weiming"
• Thomé H. Fang Institute: containing many articles in English on Chinese philosophy
• Zhang Zai: "The great benefit of learning is to enable one to transform the physical nature by oneself."
  
  Recent "Confucius fever" in China:
• Early notice of the revival (Newsweek, 10/26/81)
• "China rediscovers Confucius in drive for social harmony" (The Telegraph, 3/16/05)
• "China turns to Confucius, with a modern twist" (LA Times, 5/7/07)
• "Racing ahead, China resurrects its past" (Asia Times, 5/8/07)
• "Yu Dan: defender of traditional culture, force for harmony" (Danwei, 5/8/07)
• "Confucius Making a Comeback In Money-Driven Modern China" (Washington Post, 7/24/07)
• "China's thriving Confucian schools" (BBC, 1/3/08)
• Confucian primary school in Beijing (6 1/2 minute video, 11/3/08)
• China's Confucian Revival (James Miller's blog, Sustainable China, 12/30/08)
• "The Confucian Party" by Daniel Bell (NY Times 5/11/09)
• Kongzi / Confucius (2010 movie starring Chow Yun Fat):
        trailer 1 | trailer 2 | review
• "What Confucius says is useful to China's rulers" by Daniel K. Gardner (LA Times, 10/1/10)
• "Confucius Statue Erected on Tiananmen Square" (PressTV, 1/14/11)
• "Confucius Statue Vanishes Near Tiananmen Square" (NY Times 4/22/11)
• "Worship of Confucius ahead for new school" (China Daily, 9/1/11)
• "A Confucian Constitution for China" by Jiang Qing and Daniel A. Bell (NY Times 7/10/12)
• The Varieties of Confucian Experience: Documenting a Grassroots Revival of Tradition: Table of Contents (2018)
  
  Temples:
• Confucian Temples (Thomas Wilson, Hamilton College)
• Tainan Confucian Temple: photos
• Hanoi Confucian Temple (Van Mieu = Wen Miao)
  • Asian Historical Architecture
  • YouTube video
  
  Korean Confucianism:
• To Become a Sage: The Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning, by Yi T'oegye (1501-1570), trans. by Michael Kalton (University of Washington, Tacoma)
• Two book reviews of Michael Kalton's The Four-Seven Debate: An Annotated Translation of the Most Famous Controversy in Korean Neo-Confucian Thought (JSTOR): 1 | 2
• Bibliography of Korean Confucianism (2004)
• T'oegye Yi Hwang: A Selected Bibliography of Secondary Sources in Western Languages (2001)
  
  Miscellaneous:
  
• Confucian Weekly Bulletin (Bond University, Australia)
• "A Chinese Virtue Is Now the Law" (NY Times 7/3/13)
  • "When Filial Piety Is the Law" by Yu Hua (NY Times 7/7/13)
• "Why Shaming Has Lost Power in China" (NY Times 7/31/10 )
• Confucius exhibit at China Institute (New York): click on "Past Exhibitions"
  • review of exhibit (NY Times 3/25/10)
• "Confucian family tree 'triples'" (BBC News, 9/25/09)
• Confucius: At the Dawn of Chinese Humanism: exhibit at the Musee Guimet, Paris (NY Times 1/1/04 )
• "Clan of Confucius starts revolution" (Telegraph, 9/30/2000)
• "The Confucian Tradition and Chinese Television Today" (NY Times)
• "Confucius and the Scholars" (Atlantic Monthly, April 1999)
  
  
• Table of Consanguinity
  
  
• Confucius 2000: excellent site containing much current scholarship on Confucianism in the PRC, reflecting the re-evaluation of Confucianism occurring there today, including its religious dimensions (Chinese only).