This is a partial list of people who follow Confucianism, selected for their influence on that belief, or for their fame in other areas.
Early Confucians
- Confucius – founder
- Disciples of Confucius
- Ten Wise Ones
- Yan Hui
- Min Sun
- Ran Geng
- Ran Yong
- Duanmu Ci
- Zai Yu
- Ran Qiu
- Zhong You
- Yan Yan
- Bu Shang
- Zisi
- Mencius
- Xun Zi
Neo-Confucians
- Zhang Zai
- Zhou Dunyi
Cheng–Zhu school
- Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi
- Zhu Xi
Lu–Wang school
- Lu Jiuyuan
- Wang Yangming
Yongjia School
- Ye Shi
Japanese Confucianism
Family name comes first in Japanese language.
- Fujiwara Seika
- Hayashi Razan
- Ogyū Sorai
- Toju Nakae
Modern
- (b. 1936)
- (b.1946) also known as Go, Chi'ei
- (b. 1949)
- (1910–2008)
- Yasuoka Masahiro () (1898–1983)
Korean Confucianism
- Yi Hwang
- Yi I
Vietnamese Confucianism
- Chu Văn An
- Nguyễn Trãi
- Lê Văn Thịnh
- Bùi Quốc Khái
- Trần Thái Tông
- Trương Hán Siêu
- Chu Văn An
- Lê Quát
- Nguyễn Trãi
- Ngô Sĩ Liên
- Lê Thánh Tông
- Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm
- Lê Quý Đôn
- Nguyễn Khuyến
- Phan Đình Phùng
- Minh Mạng
- Tự Đức
New Confucians
- Tu Wei-Ming – advocate of "New Confucianism"
- Xiong Shili – founding figure in "New Confucianism"
- Ma Yifu – founding figure in "New Confucianism"
Western Confucians or scholars of Confucianism
- Philip J. Ivanhoe
- Robert Cummings Neville
- Eric L. Hutton
Other
- Wang Fuzhi
- Huang Zongxi
- Gu Xiancheng
References
See also
- Disciples of Confucius
- List of people by belief
- List of Confucian states and dynasties