英文摘要
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One aspect of the contemporary revival of Confucian thought in the East Asia region that warrants particular attention is the concept of "East Asian Confucianism," which has been advocated by scholars in Taiwan for nearly sixteen decades, and which has attracted considerable attention from intellectuals in China, Japan and South Korea. As the concept of "East Asian Confucianism" relates to sensitive questions of political identification and cultural identification that are connected to the relationship between "center" and "periphery," the idea of "East Asian Confucianism" has attracted supporters, while other scholars have raised doubts about it, and some have been strongly critical of the concept. The present study seeks to analyze and compare the attitudes taken by contemporary intellectuals in East Asian countries towards "East Asian Confucianism," and how they evaluate this concept. Following the introduction, the second section of the paper attempts to clarify the different ways in which the concept of "East Asian Confucianism" is used within the academic community. Section Three, Four, Five, and Six examine the different views of "East Asian Confucianism" espoused by leading academics in Taiwan and in China, Japan and South Korea; the present study identifies four broad attitudes: "centerwardness," "countercenter," "decentering," and "ultracenter." The study's conclusions show that the advocacy by Taiwanese scholars of the concept of "East Asian Confucianism" during the current revival of Confucian thought embodies deep, long-term significance with respect to the desire for harmonious, stable relations between countries in the East Asia region.
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