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English
Etymology
From neo- + Confucian.
Adjective
Neo-Confucian (comparative more Neo-Confucian, superlative most Neo-Confucian)
- Of or relating to Neo-Confucianism.
1956, Li Chien-lung, translated by Ssu-yu Teng and Jeremy Hills, The Political History of China, 1840-1928, D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., page 145:As for K’ang Yu-wei, his first given name was Tsu-i. He was born in 1858, in the district of Nan-hai, Kwangtung, into an old and aristocratic family which for generations had been noted for its Neo-Confucian scholarship.
Translations
of or relating to Neo-Confucianism
Noun
Neo-Confucian (plural Neo-Confucians)
- An adherent of Neo-Confucianism.