- 1儒家的；儒者
Confucian names the Chinese way of thinking that grew from the teacher Confucius (Kongzi). It teaches that a good life is a web of duties: be a good child, a good friend, a good member of the group; keep order by starting with yourself and your family; treat people with care. School English often sums it up as 'be loyal, and treat others as you wish to be treated.' Though actually, Confucius's most famous line is a little more careful than that: do not do to others what you do not want done to you. The word can describe ideas (Confucian values) or a person who follows them (a Confucian). In Taiwan this is not a museum word — it sits in how many families talk about honouring parents, respecting teachers, and face. is the name of the whole system; Confucian is the everyday adjective, and the follower.
組成From Confucius + -ian（屬於那個人的）. Confucius is the Latin-style name for 孔子. Scholars also call it a piecewise doublet of Kongzian — same teacher, two ways of building the English word.
同家族的字
- Confuciusthe teacher the word is named after
- Confucianismthe name for the whole way of thought
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Confucianadj/kənˈfjuʃən/
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Of, pertaining to, or conforming to the teachings of Confucius.
- In the stereotyped cycle of peace and turmoil of a feudalistic society in Chinese history, Confucian culture has always been considered the basic stabilizing force. Dynasties might alter, circumstances might change, but democracy has never taken root and grown in Chinese society as it has long done in Western countries. Even after the success of the 1911 revolution, restoration of emperorship alternated with warlord strife. For quite a long time, the Republic of China had remained just in name. The Chinese communists seized power on the mainland, but their rule has run counter to democracy, creating a new form of feudalistic dictatorship. Intellectuals on the mainland still doubt and quarrel whether democracy can be carried out in Chinese society. Obviously, Chinese on the mainland are watching the tide of democracy that has been sweeping the whole world in the ending years of the 20th century with a deep sense of frustration and resignation. But, the Republic of China despite a similar Confucian background has succeeded in peacefully carrying out democratic reforms in Taiwan, freeing itself from the traditional bondage of the traditional Chinese society and breaking the cycle of dynastic changes. Our success has proved that the Taiwan society based on Confucian culture is able to develop the traditional humanism and combine it with Western rule of law into a new system of democratic government. This achievement has transcendental consequence. For a long time, Western academics have doubted that democracy can develop in a society with Confucian culture. After seeing the obvious difference between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits, they have to adjust their views and make a new construct for their theories of political democracy.
Confuciannoun/kənˈfjuʃən/
- 1
One who follows the teachings of Confucius.
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