Researching the Market Economy, Adapting to the Market Economy, Improving the Market Economy: A Search for the Future Development of Confucianism

Abstract

The biggest challenge in front of confucianism is how to adapt itself to fast changing social circumstances and develop itself as according to the social needs. And at the same time preserve its original ideals. For that we need to study the changed and the changing social circumstances to know the realistic demands in the changed situations. This study is an attempt to analyze the shift taken place in politics, economy, ethics and social behavior under the dynamic market economy system. On the basis of findings it will determine a way to assimilate those changes in the realm of confucianism.