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“Confucian Revival” From Both Chinese and Western, Ancient and Modern Perspectives: Observations and Reflections on Post-Millennium Research Into Confucianism 中西古今视野下的“儒家复兴”——后千年儒家研究的观察与思考

International Confucian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1515/icos-2022-2008

Mei Li

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Reflections on Lao Sze-Kwang and His Double-Structured “Intra-Cultural” Philosophy of Culture 反思老斯光及其双重结构的“文化内”文化哲学

International Confucian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1515/icos-2022-2003

R. Ames

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A Dedication to Classics Scholarship 对古典奖学金的奉献

International Confucian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1515/icos-2022-2009

Jiahe Liu, Xue Tong

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“Self-Cultivation as the Root of All”—The Individual in the Recursive Process of “Ensuring Peace for All Under Heaven, Good State Governance and Regulation of Family Affairs, and Self-Cultivation” “修身为本”——“天下太平、治国理家、修身”递归过程中的个体

International Confucian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1515/icos-2022-2005

Jiantao Ren

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The Confucian Ethics Curriculum in Singapore 新加坡的儒家伦理课程

International Confucian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1515/icos-2022-2013

Peng Fu Neo

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The Heaven-Earth Cosmic Faith and the Universality of Confucian Ethics 天地宇宙信仰与儒家伦理的普遍性

International Confucian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1515/icos-2022-2004

Cunshan Li

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Confucianism Is Food for Thought in Building a More Beautiful World 儒家思想是建设更美好世界的食粮

International Confucian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1515/icos-2022-2002

Y. Fukuda

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Politics, Humanities, and Rural Homeland: The Prospects of Contemporary Confucianism 政治、人文与乡土:当代儒学的展望

International Confucian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1515/icos-2022-2006

Huaihong He

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A Review of Classicism, the Imperial Civil Examination System, and Cultural History: Selected Works of Benjamin A. Elman 古典主义、科举制度与文化史述评——本杰明·艾尔曼选集

International Confucian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1515/icos-2022-2011

Chen Bei

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Being Mild and Gentle, Sincere and Broadminded and Chinese Aesthetic Psychology 温文尔雅、真诚豁达与中国人的审美心理

International Confucian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1515/icos-2022-2007

Jixi Yuan

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