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A Brief History of Confucianism in China

On January 1, 2024December 31, 2025 By Bin SongIn Confucianism History & PhilosophyLeave a comment

I created these posters to present a brief history of Confucianism in China. It includes major figures, events, and periods of history for beginning learners of Confucianism to understand its history in China.

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If you feel touched to support this research, you may do so here.

Welcome to my website! I am Bin Song (宋斌), a bilingual scholar specializing in Ruism (Confucianism) and the broader fields of comparative philosophy, religion, and theology. My work also extends into the evolving realms of interreligious, interfaith, and interspiritual studies. Currently, I have the pleasure of serving as an associate professor of philosophy and religion at Washington College. A more detailed intellectual biography of me can be checked  here.

您好,谢谢您进入我的个人网站!我叫宋斌,是一位以中英文为工作语言的儒家学者,致力于东西方比较哲学、宗教与神学的研究。我现就职于美国马里兰州华盛顿学院,担任哲学与宗教学的副教授。

My new book, Debating Transcendence: Creatio ex nihilo and Sheng Sheng, systematically compares the Christian doctrine of creatio ex nihilo (“creation out of nothing”) and the Confucian idea of sheng sheng (生生, “birth-birth”), and is published by Fordham University Press in 2025. For discount code and more information, learn more here.

英文新著《超越性论争:“自无而生”与“生生”》系统比较基督教传统中的“自无而生”与儒学传统中的“生生”概念,于2025年由福特汉姆大学出版社出版。关于购书折扣码及更多信息,请点击此链接。

Ru Meditation: Gao Panlong (1562–1626 C.E.) (Ru Media, 2017) is an annotated translation of Gao Panlong’s major writings on Ruist (Confucian) quiet-sitting. It explores poetic evocations of meditative experience, practical guidance, philosophical reflection, and biographical context. Beyond introducing Gao’s thought, this translation is intended as a practical guide to Ruist meditation. More details here.

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