Annotated Bibliography: Confucianism And Modernization

Zhengyang Zhang
Ms. Granahan
ERWC
March 6 2016
Annotated Bibliography
Levy Jr., Marion J. "Confucianism And Modernization." Society 29.4 (1992): 15. MasterFILE Complete. Web. 10 Mar. 2016.
Confucianism has influences over many countries, majorly in Asia. Some of the elements we associate with Confucianism was developed almost 2500 years ago. These are principally: the place of the family system in the general structure of society; the role of ancestor worship in religion; and the role of ancestor worship as a balancing element in the allocation of power and responsibility that constitute the political structure. Like Levy stated in the article “Confucianism certainly had at least one of these elements: a this-worldly orientation”. Confucian
Chinese were pragmatists twenty-five hundred years before the world heard of John Dewey. The famous question, "Not know life, how know death?"
The author of this article has enough authority and background to discuss this topic. This article is credible. It talks about how Confucianism influences Asia and how its idea different from other religions. The quote “"Not know life, how know death?" can be very useful to my research paper.

Choukroune, Leïla. "“Harmonious” Norms For Global Marketing The Chinese Way." Journal Of Business Ethics 88.(2009): 411-432. Business Source Complete. Web. 10 Mar. 2016.
Modern communist China has a lot of ideas that came from Confucianism.
Examples are given in the article: – Love the country; do it no harm. – Serve the people; do no disservice. – Follow science; discard ignorance. – Be diligent; not indolent. – Be united, help each other; make no gains at others expense. – Be honest and trustworthy; do not give up morals for profits. – Be disciplined and law-abiding; not chaotic and lawless. – Live plainly, struggle hard; do not wallow in luxuries and pleasures.However, there are some idea that contradict to Confucianism. Confucianism’s ideal way to govern people is by benevolent. Modern China supports the idea of A harmonious society is a society governed by
law.
This article is written by professor Choukroune, Leïla, Director of the Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities,therefore, I believe the article is creditable. This article talks about how Confucianism works and how China absorbs some of its idea. It describes some of the principle rule of Confucianism. I can use this article to write about what are the ideas that might work with our society now days.

Kim, Sungmoon. "Confucianism, Moral Equality, And Human Rights: A Mencian Perspective." American Journal Of Economics & Sociology 74.1 (2015): 149-185. Business Source Complete. Web. 3 Mar. 2016
In his article, Sungmoon Kim discuss about the compatibility between Confucianism and human rights. He First talks about Mencius, one of the founder of Confucianism, then he reconstructs Mencius’ idea of human rights. He also mentioned “Neo-Confucianism” as know as the New Confucianism which was found by a scholar live in 11th centuries. He also pointed out that the reformed Confucianism revolves the metaphysical concepts of principle and reasoning, and its core is built on Mencius’s fecundation philosophical ideas on human nature and moral perfectibility.
Sungmoon has a Ph.D in political science from the University of Maryland. I think he has the credibility to talk about this topic. He analyzed Mencius’s basic ideas and focused on his theory. I can use the article to discuss about how Confucianism idea still can be useful now days and how did it effects the history of China.

Sungmoon, Kim. "Politics And Interest In Early Confucianism." Philosophy East & West 64.2 (2014): 425. MasterFILE Complete. Web. 28 Feb. 2016.
In the article, Sungmoon Kim state that Confucianism has been considered an ethical system that opposes material interest.
There are different branches of Confucianism and they all effected politics in different levels. His essay discussed the "morality of interest" in Confucianism while explaining the philosophical thoughts of Mencius and Xunzi. Sungmoon argues that despite many differences, Mencius and Xunzi strove to construct a civil political order that could creates the best benefits of the people by rejecting the stringent dichotomy of morality and interest and attempted to reinvent interest enlightened by benevolence and righteousness and harnessed by Confucian rituals. Examining Mencius' advocacy of a creative entitlement between the Kingly Way and interest and his inarticulate idea of positive Confucian moral
politics.
The author, Sungmoon Kim received a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Maryland at College Park and taught previously at the University of Richmond, therefore I think he has the credibility. He provides a few very good examples and provided enough evidence to support what he is saying. I can almost use all the information provided in his article, I will use his information to discuss how Confucianism effects the politics in ancient China.

Littlejohn, Ronnie. "Reconstructionist Confucianism: Rethinking Morality After The West." Philosophy East & West 62.2 (2012): 266. MasterFILE Complete. Web. 3 Mar. 2016.
This article is more like a review of the book “Revisionist Confucianism” by Ruiping Fan. In his article, Ronnie explained that there is a new form of Confucianism called “Neo-Confucianism”, It also says that Confucian model is to view the national and global community as a household drawing on the archetype of a traditional family. He also suggests that applications of the Confucianism approach to issue of social justice. The article also indicated the ideal way of ruling a country is by “justice as harmony”
Ronnie is professor in the Philosophy Department and Director of Asian Studies at Belmont. Therefore, I think he has appropriate to discuss about this topic. Even thou his article is a book report, but it still provides a lot of information I need. I will mainly focus on the main idea of Neo-Confucianism and the ideal way of ruling the country

Ip, Po. "Is Confucianism Good For Business Ethics In China?." Journal Of Business Ethics 88.3 (2009): 463-476. Business Source Complete. Web. 14 Mar. 2016.
In the article, Po Keung states that the core idea of Confucianism is very similar to the idea of humanistic, obligation based and collective in nature. Confucianism places the collective values and interests over the individual values and interests. It emphasizes the idea of compassion and sense of rightness, benevolence and harnessed. The author discussed about whether Confucianism is a resilient Chinese cultural tradition that can be used in business practice in now days. This article builds a notion of Confucianism Firm with its ideas of Confucius.
Po Keung Ip wrote a lot about Confucianism and philosophy ideas, he also has enough background. He is from National Central University and Graduate Institute of Philosophy. This article generally talks about Confucianism’s basic ideas and how did it applied to people’s life. I found some ideas that can still be useful now days. I will use this article to discuss about my second part of my guiding questions which is how we can apply Confucianism ideas to our daily life.