This is the Song-Ming Confucianism entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, written by Justin Tiwald, a scholar of Chinese philosophy, first published in 2020 and substantively revised in 2025. Its authority comes from the Encyclopedia's editorial model, a named specialist author writing a signed entry that undergoes review and is then kept current through dated revisions, distinguishing it from an anonymous or crowd-edited page, and this atlas confirmed the entry live as of August 2026. Its limit is that a survey entry of this kind necessarily summarizes a broad field of Neo-Confucian thought across the Song and Ming dynasties, so a claim needing deep engagement with one specific thinker within that tradition, Wang Yangming for instance, is better served by a focused monograph.
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Reliability Tier2
Published as an entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, a continuously updated reference work reviewed through the encyclopedia's own editorial process rather than a fixed print monograph; authored by Justin Tiwald, a specialist scholar, hence the middle tier for a reference entry rather than a full peer reviewed monograph. NotesFirst published 2020-03-19; substantive revision 2025-04-30. Verified live 2026-08-06.
Citation
AuthorJustin Tiwald
PublisherMetaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University
Publication Year2020
URLhttps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/song-ming-confucianism/
Source Typereference
Cross-Tradition Connections
Associated With
This source names Wang Yangming directly: "thinker within that tradition, Wang Yangming for instance, is better served by a focused monograph."
Claims Backed By This Source (34 claims)
This source backs 34 claims across the atlas. As facts: 24 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 6 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Articles, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
- Philosophical Schools, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Sacred Sites, 5 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
- Historical Periods, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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