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2007 , Vol. 2 >Issue 4: 533 - 546

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11466-007-0034-y

A new interpretation of Confucianism: The interpretation of Lunyu as a text of philosophical hermeneutics

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  • School of Politics and Public Administration, China University of Politics and Law, Beijing 100088, China;

Published date: 05 Dec 2007

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Abstract

Communicating with Confucius based on our own hermeneutical context, and reading the Analects as a text of philosophical hermeneutics, it can be concluded that as an epochal thinker, the contribution of Confucius’ thought is that it initiated a humanistic moral ideal with cultural upbringing as its core. Based on this consciousness of humanistic moral ideal, Confucius thought and dealt positively with the human existential plight and social political problems that he faced during his own time, and his thought is more creative than conservative.

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LIN Cunguang . A new interpretation of Confucianism: The interpretation of Lunyu as a text of philosophical hermeneutics[J]. Frontiers of Philosophy in China, 2007 , 2(4) : 533 -546 . DOI: 10.1007/s11466-007-0034-y

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