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Focusing on the three key concepts of Confucian teachings presented in its classics, this book examines Confucianism and its worldviews from a perspective of philosophy of religion.

Its approach is both textual and hermeneutical, going back to the original ideas and ideals of Confucius and his followers, and reinterpreting them in the context of contemporary philosophical discussions. Instead of providing another comprehensive introduction to a tradition that lasts over two thousand years and spreads from China to the world, this investigation is to explore the sophisticated Confucian perceptions about the mind, the virtue and the world that were first shaped in early Confucian texts and reshaped by Confucian masters in the following ages. Chapters on the three key concepts form the three parts of the book, pointing at the interconnection and interaction between the psychological, the ethical and the metaphysical as envisaged by early Confucians. The examination of their meanings and implications will be facilitated by hermeneutical and reconstructive methodologies.

This book is intended to inspire the students and scholars who are interested in the East Asian tradition and to bring traditional Confucian ideas closer to the inter-philosophical dialogues in the contemporary world.