"They were the heart and basis of Confucian thought."

This is further reinforced by the support from ancient sages and worthies who prefer education systems more closely linked to traditional Confucian thought.

These domainal policies were in general based on Confucian anti-Buddhist thought.

Many of the sijo reflected Confucian thought; the theme of loyalty is common.

Confucian thought focuses on the cultivation of virtue and maintenance of ethics.

It is so central to Confucian thought that it appears 58 times in the Analects.

He taught himself to read and write and was a student of philosophical writings and confucian thought.

It spoke of principle, nature, and destiny together, which became three cardinal concepts of Confucian thought.

However, it was Confucian thought that would ultimately underpin Chinese society for the next two millennia.

Confucian thought is notable as the framework upon which the syncretic Neo-Confucianism was built.