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- noun Plural form of
Confucianist .
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It was at this point that in the early Han reigns the "Confucianists", represented by the Literati of the Yen T'ieh Lun, and the legalist statesmen, such as Sang Hung-yang, diverged.
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I bet she hates Hindus, Buddhists, Shintoists, Daoists and Confucianists as well.
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Elsewhere, the Confucianists speak of calling things by their right names.
Archive 2008-08-24 papabear 2008
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Elsewhere, the Confucianists speak of calling things by their right names.
The New Beginning papabear 2008
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Some of them were Confucianists; some were atheists.
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All of these facts were a shock to Confucianists who could not accept a woman in power because to them it violated their perceptions about the natural order of things.
Archive 2007-06-01 2007
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In contrast to the interest of Japanese Confucianists in the Nihon shoki, the Kojiki had attracted little scholarly interest before Norinaga's Kojikiden.
The Kokugaku (Native Studies) School Burns, Susan 2007
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The country's youngest Confucianists may indeed be learning more than they realize.
Do Your Homework! 2007
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All of these facts were a shock to Confucianists who could not accept a woman in power because to them it violated their perceptions about the natural order of things.
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Bordering Central Asia, Buddhism was strong in Han China, Nepal, and northern India, where its adherents lived peacefully with Taoists, Confucianists, Hindus, and Jains.
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