List of Confucianists
This is a partial list of people who follow Confucianism, selected for their influence on that belief, or for their fame in other areas.
Early Confucians
- Confucius – founder
- *Disciples of Confucius
- **Ten Wise Ones
- ***Yan Hui
- ***Min Sun
- ***Ran Geng
- ***Ran Yong
- ***Duanmu Ci
- ***Zai Yu
- ***Ran Qiu
- ***Zhong You
- ***Yan Yan
- ***Bu Shang
- Zisi
- Mencius
- Xun Zi
Neo-Confucians
Cheng–Zhu school
Lu–Wang school
Yongjia School
Japanese Confucianism
Family name comes first in Japanese language.Modern
- also known as Go, Chi'ei
- Yasuoka Masahiro
Korean Confucianism
Vietnamese Confucianism
- Chu Văn An
- Nguyễn Trãi
- Lê Văn Thịnh
- Bùi Quốc Khái
- Trần Thái Tông
- Trương Hán Siêu
- Chu Văn An
- Lê Quát
- Nguyễn Trãi
- Ngô Sĩ Liên
- Lê Thánh Tông
- Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm
- Lê Quý Đôn
- Nguyễn Khuyến
- Phan Đình Phùng
- Minh Mạng
- Tự Đức
New Confucians
- Tu Wei-Ming – advocate of "New Confucianism"
- Xiong Shili – founding figure in "New Confucianism"
- Ma Yifu – founding figure in "New Confucianism"