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| Wang Yuanhua's Embrace and Distancing of Confucianism |
| HU Xiaoming |
| Institute of Modern Chinese Thought and Culture, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062 |
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Abstract WANG Yuanhua was one of the most important thinkers in Modern China. Based on his association with the famous modern Chinese philosopher, Xiong Shili, as well as the sources and social influence of his thoughts, this article tries to sort out following topics: 1 How did his thoughts shift from anti-Confucianism to pro-Confucianism; 2 his independent attitude towards Confucianism which was sometimes embracing, sometimes rejecting; 3 his final agreement with Confucianism and the internal connection between his ideas and Confucianism. Wang's case was an example showing the complex situation Confucianism had to deal with in
modern China. Wang Yuanhua's ideas were sometimes in step with Confucianism, sometimes not. This complexity provides us a good chance to observe how Confucianism adapted to the modern or post-modern contexts.
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Received: 17 October 2014
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2015, Vol. 32 
