การศึกษาแนวความคิดเรื่องมนุษย์นิยมในปรัชญาขงจื๊อ

             The objective of this rescarch is to study of bumanism in Coofucian Philosopby. It is divided into four maio poiuts, viz. (1) bumanism in geoeral (2) bumnanisnu seen from Confucian world view (3) bumanism seea from confucian tcaching, and (4) influence of bumanism to socicties.

             The results of study can be summed up as follows:-

             Firstly, Confucian world view, even seen from metapbysical, epistemological, ehical, or aestbetical stand-points, is bumanistic , and by such world view, it makes Confucian teaching be also bumanistic. Confucian bursanism is based on social relationsbip, and at the same time, it bas encouraged the individual to cultivale himself and conduct ia gccordance with his own position for bis own and social goodness and bappioess.

             Secondly, in the case of influcace to societies, we also find that Confucian bumanisu bas fundamentally infuence in many ways, e.8. social, political, economic. literary, ritual, and cultural. Such influcace bas not only in Chinese socicty, but also in other societies id Asia. Especially, in Japanese socicty, from the beginning, Confucian bumnanism has played a key role as a predomineat factor in establishment of Japancse society, and through Confucian bumanism, Japanese bave flourishod up to the present.