Neo-Confucian

English

Alternative forms

  • neo-Confucian

Etymology

From neo- +‎ Confucian.

Adjective

Neo-Confucian (comparative more Neo-Confucian, superlative most Neo-Confucian)

  1. Of or relating to Neo-Confucianism.
    • 1956, Li Chien-lung, translated by Ssu-yu Teng and Jeremy Hills, The Political History of China, 1840-1928‎[1], D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., page 145:
      As for K’ang Yu-wei, his first given name was Tsu-i. He was born in 1858, in the district of Nan-hai, Kwangtung, into an old and aristocratic family which for generations had been noted for its Neo-Confucian scholarship.

Translations

Noun

Neo-Confucian (plural Neo-Confucians)

  1. An adherent of Neo-Confucianism.
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