Prof Barend Ter Haar: The invention of Confucianism: from a religion to philosophy
Channel: Oxford Worldwide Education
Date: 2014-06-20

Prof Barend J. ter Haar,
Shaw Professor of Chinese,
Director of the Institute for Chinese Studies,
University of Oxford
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In this talk Prof Haar proposes to look at the invention of the term Confucianism and its contents in the course of the nineteenth century. He will show how the term was invented in 1804 and mainly used to describe a religious culture of which writings ascribed to Confucius formed the core. In the early 20th century the meaning of the term became restricted to the early writings of Confucius and his pupils, or their philosophy. Since the word Confucianism is a Western invention, there is no right or wrong interpretation.

Date: 3pm-5pm 15th June 2014
Address: Shulman Auditorium, The Queen's College, Oxford University, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4AW