Journal of Ecumenical Studies, January 1st, 2003
The essay begins with a review of the contested definition of Confucianism as a tradition in East Asia and in modern Western critical scholarship. Many scholars argue that Confucianism is an English term for which there is no traditional Chinese equivalent within the Warring States period, the first great wave of the Confucian movement. However, certainly by the Song dynasty (960-1279) Chinese scholars definitely thought of themselves as Confucians over against Buddhists and Daoists. The Song revival of the Confucian Way is universally recognized as the second great wave in the history of Conf...
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