Neo-Confucianism developed both as a renaissance of traditional Confucian ideas, and as a reaction to the ideas of Buddhism and religious Daoism.

Contrary to traditional Confucian ideas, intellectuals in Zhejiang, such as Shi Ye of the Yongjia School, promoted commercial activity.

He is most critical of Buddhism and Taoism, while citing Confucian ideas which agreed with Islam in order to explain it.

Flavored by Confucian ideas of filial piety, the faces looking no longer Indian but Chinese, the scenes are quite worldly.

Li is a principle of Confucian ideas.

Confucian ideas provided the foundation for a system of strict social prescriptions.

It was also a Confucian idea, she thought, that when you saved someone's life, you were responsible for him forever.

One example is provided by Confucian ideas about virtue.

The yangban were either landed or unlanded aristocracy who comprised the Korean Confucian idea of a "scholarly official."

In addition, his commentary was compatible with Confucian ideas and Buddhist ideas that later entered China.