List of Confucianists

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 (孔夫子 Pinyin: Kong fuzi Wade-Giles: K'ung fu-tzu) – founder
 * Zisi (子思)
 * Mencius (孟子 Pinyin: Meng zi)
 * Xun Zi (荀子)

Japanese Confucianism
Family name comes first in Japanese language. Modern
 * Fujiwara Seika
 * Hayashi Razan
 * Ogyū Sorai
 * Toju Nakae
 * Kaji Nobuyuki (b. 1936)
 * Kure Tomofusa (b.1946) also known as Go, Chi'ei
 * Tsuchida Kenjiro (b. 1949)
 * Uno Sei'ichi (1910–2008)
 * Yasuoka Masahiro (安岡正篤) (1898–1983)

Korean Confucianism

 * Yi Hwang
 * Yi I

Vietnamese Confucianism

 * Chu Văn An
 * Nguyễn Trãi

Neo-Confucians

 * Wang Yangming – important Idealist Neo-Confucian.
 * Zhang Zai – pioneering Neo-Confucian.
 * Zhou Dunyi – Song Dynasty philosopher.
 * Zhu Xi – one of the leading Neo-Confucians of the Song Dynasty.
 * Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi also called the cheng Brother's Students of Zhou dunyi works collected by zhu xi

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