康有为的孔教概念及其反思

Abstract

In trace of the origin of China local culture, Kang Youwei included all schools of thoughts into the school of the Confucius and generally called Confucianism which further initiated a period of Confucianism. Kang Youwei’s Confucianism aimed at safeguarding the country through protecting its state religion, where his implication is the Confucianism is the state religion of China that is as good as the Christianity in the west and the Chinese people are no salvage but as civilized and educated as western nationalities. However his methodology had not only resulted a series of logical chaos in notions among the school of the Confucius, the Confucianism and the Confucian study, but also triggered the dispute over whether the Confucianism is a religion or not. As a result he failed to revive the Confucianism and traditional culture instead became a target during the May 4th Movement. All of which speaks clearly that the precondition of reviving the modern the Confucian study is giving it a proper place.