List of Confucian states and dynasties
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This is a list of historical kingdoms, empires and dynasties that had Confucianism as a state religion. Its status could have been shared with other religions such as Taoism, Buddhism or the Chinese folk religion at some point in time or it could have been the sole state religion.
Note that the dates stated are the corresponding dates for the dynasties, not the dates reflecting the adoption of Confucianism as state religion.
China
- Han dynasty (202 BC–AD 9, AD 25–220)[1]
- Xin dynasty (AD 9–23)[2]
- Cao Wei (AD 220–266)[3]
- Shu Han (AD 221–263)
- Eastern Wu (AD 222–280)
- Sui dynasty (581-618)
- Later Jin (Five Dynasties) (936-947)
- Later Han (Five Dynasties) (947-951)
- Later Zhou (951-960)
- Northern Han (951-979)
- Song dynasty (960-1279)
- Ming dynasty (1368-1644)[4]
- Southern Ming (1644-1662)
- Shun dynasty (1644-1649)
- Qing dynasty (1636-1912)
Korea
- Joseon (1392-1897) [5][6]
- Korean Empire (1897-1910)
Vietnam
- Lê dynasty (1460-1789)
- Mạc dynasty (1527-1677)
- Trinh lords (1545-1787)
- Nguyễn lords (1558-1802)
- Nguyễn dynasty (1802-1883)
See also
- Confucianism
- Confucius
- List of Hindu empires and dynasties
- List of Jain empires and dynasties
- List of Jewish states and dynasties
- List of Muslim states and dynasties
- List of Tengrist states and dynasties
- List of Zoroastrian states and dynasties
References
- ^ Renard, John (2002). 101 Questions and Answers on Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto. p. 41. ISBN 9780809140916.
- ^ Qiu, Ye; Chen, Shuyu (2019). 觀光資源概要. p. 68. ISBN 9789864876952.
- ^ Lou, Yulie (2015). Buddhism. p. 154. ISBN 9789047427971.
- ^ https://mingdynastyhunter.weebly.com/philosophy.html
- ^ Baker, Don. Korean Spirituality (University of Hawai’i Press, 2008). p 53
- ^ Koh, Byong-ik. “Confucianism in Contemporary Korea,” In Confucian Traditions in East Asian Modernity, edited by Tu Wei-ming, (Harvard University Press, 1996) p 193