Home›Sources›Neo-Confucianism in HistorySourcesNeo-Confucianism in HistoryCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Neo-Confucianism in History." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/neo-confucianism-in-history.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Neo-Confucianism in History. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/neo-confucianism-in-historyCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-neo-confucianism-in-history, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Neo-Confucianism in History}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/neo-confucianism-in-history}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXPeter Bol is a specialist historian of Chinese intellectual and social history, and this study traces Neo-Confucianism's development from the Song dynasty onward as a social and political movement as much as a philosophical one, working from the documented institutional and political record rather than treating Neo-Confucianism as pure abstract philosophy. That combined social and intellectual historical method is the study's real evidentiary basis. Use it for established facts about the historical development of Neo-Confucian thought and the institutions that carried it; a claim about a specific later Neo-Confucian thinker's own philosophical argument in detail needs a source focused on that thinker.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (157 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Peter Bol's scholarly intellectual history of Neo-Confucianism in China, tracing its social, political and philosophical development from the Song dynasty onward, published by Harvard University Asia Center.NotesWell-attestedScholarly intellectual history of Neo-Confucianism in China, tracing its social and political as well as philosophical development from the Song dynasty onward. Use for established facts about the historical development of Neo-Confucian thought and its institutional context.CitationAuthorWell-attestedPeter K. BolPublisherWell-attestedHarvard University Asia CenterPublication YearWell-attested2008Source TypeWell-attestedacademic monographClaims Backed By This Source (157 claims)This source backs 157 claims across the atlas. As facts: 103 well-attested. As cited relationships: 22 holds, 1 connected, 1 held Differently. Plus 30 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicHistorical Figures, 42 claims: 24 well-attested, 11 holds, 1 held Differently, 6 general references.Articles, 30 claims: 24 well-attested, 1 connected, 5 general references.Sacred Sites, 30 claims: 18 well-attested, 9 holds, 3 general references.Figures, 18 claims: 14 well-attested, 4 general references.Religious Organization & Structure, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.Sacred Objects & Ritual Items, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.Scriptures & Texts, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 2 general references.Doctrines, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 general references.Virtues, 3 claims: 3 general references.Philosophical Schools, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.Ages, 1 claims: 1 general references.Empires & Polities, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested103ArticlesA Privilege Extended from Nobles to CommonersA Thousand Years of the Same Front GateDiagrams Attributed, and Attributions DisputedHow Much of Confucian Orthodoxy Is His InterpretationLi and the Debate over Empty FormalityRen and the Cultivated GentlemanRitual, and the Argument About Whether It Makes People GoodThe Building Where a Lineage Keeps Its DeadThe Chinese Rites ControversyThe Philosopher Who Reorganized ConfucianismThe Scholar Who Made Confucianism the StateTwo Brothers, Two Roads Into PrincipleWang Yangming Rejects Zhu Xi's Great Learning for the Original Old TextZhu Xi and the Four Books That Ran an Empire's ExaminationsDoctrinesLiFiguresCheng YiZhu XiHistorical FiguresCheng HaoDong ZhongshuKang YouweiShao YongWang YangmingZhou DunyiReligious Organization & StructureAncestral hallSacred Objects & Ritual ItemsAncestor tabletSacred SitesGuozijian (Imperial College), BeijingTemple and Cemetery of Confucius, QufuYuelu AcademyScriptures & TextsThe Doctrine of the MeanThe Great LearningSourcesNeo-Confucianism in HistoryHolds22Historical FiguresCheng HaoShao YongWang YangmingZhou DunyiPhilosophical SchoolsNeo-ConfucianismReligious Organization & StructureAncestral hallSacred SitesGuozijian (Imperial College), BeijingTemple and Cemetery of Confucius, QufuYuelu AcademyConnected1ArticlesWang Yangming Rejects Zhu Xi's Great Learning for the Original Old TextHeld Differently1Historical FiguresWang YangmingGeneral References30AgesShao Yong's Cosmic CycleArticlesA Thousand Years of the Same Front GateThe Scholar Who Made Confucianism the StateTwo Brothers, Two Roads Into PrincipleWang Yangming Rejects Zhu Xi's Great Learning for the Original Old TextZhu Xi and the Four Books That Ran an Empire's ExaminationsDoctrinesLiMandate of HeavenEmpires & PolitiesJoseonFiguresCheng YiMenciusXunziZhu XiHistorical FiguresCheng HaoDong ZhongshuKang YouweiShao YongWang YangmingZhou DunyiPhilosophical SchoolsNeo-ConfucianismReligious Organization & StructureAncestral hallSacred Objects & Ritual ItemsAncestor tabletSacred SitesGuozijian (Imperial College), BeijingTemple and Cemetery of Confucius, QufuYuelu AcademyScriptures & TextsThe Doctrine of the MeanThe Great LearningVirtuesLi (Propriety)Ren (Benevolence)Xin (Trustworthiness)Comments (0)No comments yet. 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