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The modernization of China has motivated many contemporary thinkers, Chinese and Western alike, to look for and pursue a corresponding modernization in the mainstream tradition of Chinese philosophy, Confucianism, and this quest has naturally become a central topic in current Chinese philosophy.
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“Double solutions” in the Confucian style are always interesting. For instance, the solution to the problem of death or immortality: the solution for ordinary people is to have offspring, and the solution for outstanding people is to leave their name in history.
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Zhao, T. (2017). Can Confucianism Modernize? An Essay on Philosophical Possibility. In: Yao, X. (eds) Reconceptualizing Confucian Philosophy in the 21st Century. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4000-9_5
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