When the Chinese scholarly tradition of Ruism was brought to the west by the Jesuits, the tradition was reinterpreted as Confucianism by western readers. This video explains the difference between the Western and East Asian perspective on Confucianism / Ruism

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0:00 Introduction
0:13 Is Confucianism a Religion?
2:22 Confucianism in the East & West
4:37 Evolution of Confucian Thoughts
7:16 How It Spread and Practiced
9:06 Confucian Heritage Culture

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