Confucian scholar

C10023
concept

A Confucian scholar is an educated individual devoted to studying, interpreting, and applying Confucian classics and moral principles to guide personal conduct and social governance.

All labels observed (21)

Label Occurrences
Confucian scholar canonical 33
Chinese scholar 15
scholar-official 10

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Confucian scholar
Generated description
A Confucian scholar is an educated individual devoted to studying, interpreting, and applying Confucian classics and moral principles to guide personal conduct and social governance.

Instances (77)

Instance Via concept surface
Fang Xiaoru —
Zhu Xi —
Joseon court scholars Confucian literati
Lin Zexu scholar-official
Shen Kuo Song dynasty official
Sima Guang Song dynasty official
Xu Guangqi Chinese scholar-official
Ouyang Xiu Song dynasty official
Han Yu —
Qian Xuantong Chinese scholar
Zeng Guofan —
Dong Zhongshu Han dynasty scholar
Zhang Zhidong —
Liang Qichao Chinese scholar
Kang Youwei Chinese scholar
Yoshida Shōin —
Li Dongyang scholar-official
Yan Hui Confucian disciple
Zilu Confucian figure
Kong Ji —
Zhu Xi
linked to: Yuanhui
—
Zhu Xi
linked to: Hui’an
—
Zhu Xi
linked to: Ziyang
—
Confucius —
Zhang Zai —
Lu Jiuyuan —
He Yan scholar-official
Qian Dehong —
Ngo Dinh Kha Vietnamese scholar-official
Yi Hwang Korean Confucian scholar
Nguyễn Trãi Vietnamese scholar-official
Yi I Korean philosopher
Fang Guoyu Chinese scholar
Zhu Dong Chinese scholar
Liang Qichao Chinese scholar
Wei-ming Tu —
Fan Zuyu Song dynasty scholar-official
Wen Tianxiang scholar-official
司馬光
linked to: 君實
scholar-official
Xu Guangqi
linked to: Zixian
scholar-official
Xu Guangqi
linked to: Xuanhu
scholar-official
Su Shi
linked to: Zizhan
Song dynasty official
Su Zhe scholar-official
Wang Anshi —
Shen Kuo
linked to: Shen
Chinese scholar
Ouyang Xiu scholar-official
Liu Ban Chinese scholar
Sima Guang
linked to: Junshi
scholar-official
Ouyang Xiu
linked to: Wenzhong
Song dynasty scholar-official
Ngô Thì Nhậm Vietnamese scholar-official