April 20, 2007
Confucius Comes Back
In China, once-banned works by the country's most influential philosopher are studied and celebrated
Inside a classroom on the campus of Tsinghua University, Tang Wenming is having an animated discussion with 10 doctoral students about the differences between the Greek and Confucian concepts of virtue. The blackboard behind Mr. Tang is nearly covered with Chinese characters — heaven and earth, morality, virtue — and a smattering of English words.
He pauses
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