Confucianist
Americannoun
adjective
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Explains Economist Pang Eng Fong: "There's a very Confucianist philosophy of government here that saving is good and spending is bad."
From Time Magazine Archive
The party organ charged that Peach Mountain was a remake of a 1966 opera that ignored class struggle while promoting the Confucianist notion of a "kingdom of gentlemen."
From Time Magazine Archive
Though no Confucianist, he obviously appreciates the sage's saying: "Without the menace of foreign aggression, a country is doomed."
From Time Magazine Archive
Ironically, some aspects of Communist rule are reminiscent of these Confucianist ideas.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every Chinese, whether he be a Confucianist, a Taoist, or a Buddhist, reverences his ancestors, and prays and makes offerings to their spirits.
From General History for Colleges and High Schools by Myers, Philip Van Ness
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