Qingwen XU. Departure and Betray: The Way of Kang Youwei’s Neo-Confucianism[J]. JOURNAL OF UNIVERSITY OF JINAN (Social Science Edition), 2018,28(4):27-30.
Qingwen XU. Departure and Betray: The Way of Kang Youwei’s Neo-Confucianism[J]. JOURNAL OF UNIVERSITY OF JINAN (Social Science Edition), 2018,28(4):27-30.DOI:
Kang Youwei has all kinds of connections with Confucianism. His Neo-Confucianism denies original Confucian orthodoxy in traditional Confucian lineage and builds new Confucian orthodoxy. He introduced evolutionism from Western?academia to prove three phased theory of Gong Yang which changed Confucianism into religion. KANG Youwei illustrated Confucianism as monarch politics
took Biography of Gong Yang in Spring and Autumn (Chun Qiu Gong Yang Zhuan) as the most important classic of Confucianism
changed educational Confucianism into religious Confucianism. Kang Youwei’s Neo-Confucianism has diverged from traditional Confucianism. Neo-Confucianism created by him is betray to traditional Confucianism.