List of Confucianists
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 – founder
- Zisi
- Mencius
- Xun Zi
Japanese Confucianism
- Fujiwara Seika
- Hayashi Razan
- Ogyū Sorai
- Toju Nakae
Korean Confucianism
- Yi Hwang
- Yi I
- Chu Văn An
- Nguyễn Trãi
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.
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
- Philip J. Ivanhoe
- Robert Cummings Neville
Other
- Wang Fuzhi
- Huang Zongxi
- Gu Xiancheng
