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A Lover's Garden of Ru and Confucianism

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      • Is Confucius a Confucian?
      • Confucianism as Not An Atheism
      • The Meanings of ‘Heaven’ (天)
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      • How Did Ru Critique Confucius?
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      • Five Approaches to Ru (Confucian) Meditation
      • Dynamic Harmony (和, he) as a Principle of Civil Disobedience
      • A Chart of Ruist Virtues
      • Why The ‘May Fourthers’ Were Wrong About Ruism (Confucianism): “The Three Guides’ (三綱) and ‘The Five Constant Virtues’ (五常)
      • The Five Cardinal Human Relationships (五倫, wulun) and The Ten Reciprocal Duties (十義, shiyi)
      • Introducing a New Ruist (Confucian) Ritual: Tian-worship and Confucius-veneration (敬天尊孔)
      • Religion and the Future of Democracy
      • A Brief History of Confucianism in China
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Thank you for your attention and support to my work! Please contact me through

Email: bsong2@washcoll.edu

Address:

Department of Philosophy and Religion

Washington College

300 Washington Avenue, Chestertown, Maryland 21620

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