Reflections on Evolution, Essence and Functions of Confucian Thoughts

Confucian thoughts take outstanding position in the traditional Chinese culture and play pervasive roles,which penetrated various spheres of the ancient Chinese social life.At a historical glimpse of Confucian thoughts,its problems,ideas,paradigm can be found to have changed with times;after a structural examination,its cores,topics and concerns can be discovered to have remained unchanged;by a functional analysis,it can be seen that Confucian thoughts include the academic,political and cultural influences.