Abstract

The purpose of this conceptual paper is to understand the role of Confucianism Chinese philosophy in influencing modern Korea and Japan. This paper found that Confucianism had a significant impact on current modern world. However, it has been a selective application. Confucianism still has vital value within the modern times; this paper examined to expound the modern significance of Confucianism, In particular, it is clear that Confucianism has had profound influence on world politics and foreign policy. The major focus was on the impact of Confucianism on modern world politics and foreign policy. In the field of international relations and foreign policy analysis, it is well known that ideas are always critical to any changes of a country’s foreign policy. The author examined the influence of Confucianism Chinese philosophy on Chinese domestic politics and modern politics. The analysis covered recent arguments about the role of Confucianism from several leading contemporary thinkers. Korea and Japan spent much time culturally and politically under the influence of China, Which brought Confucianism to these countries? Korean, as well as Japanese communication is heavily influenced by Confucian traditional values. It is demonstrated that those values are changing. But they seem to be better preserved in Korean society based upon the educational system of teaching moral values, nationalism, and arrested Cultural Revolution.

Highlights

  • A scholar of Confucianism, said, “What heaven imparts to human is called human nature

  • Confucianism reflects the historical and cultural experience of the “Chinese cultural sphere,” including the use of Chinese characters as well as the system of philosophy led by Confucius and Mencius that emerged in the spring and Autumn and Muhammad Wazir and Wang Lei: Confucius and Chinese Philosophical Impact on Modern Korea and Japan

  • As an introduction to the notion of Confucianism in modern Korea and Japan, we have first to discuss the compatibility between Confucianism and the notion of modern society

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Introduction

A scholar of Confucianism, said, “What heaven imparts to human is called human nature. C. E.) was born a couple of centuries before Socrates’ teachings on ethics and logic, and half a millennium before the beginning of our modern calendar and the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. E.) was born a couple of centuries before Socrates’ teachings on ethics and logic, and half a millennium before the beginning of our modern calendar and the birth of Jesus of Nazareth He established a faculty with the specific purpose of educating the subsequent generation for political leadership. Confucianism reflects the historical and cultural experience of the “Chinese cultural sphere,” including the use of Chinese characters as well as the system of philosophy led by Confucius and Mencius that emerged in the spring and Autumn and Muhammad Wazir and Wang Lei: Confucius and Chinese Philosophical Impact on Modern Korea and Japan

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