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en-wikipedia-org-633		Edo neo-Confucianism - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2177	222	61	Neo-Confucian philosophy that developed in Japan during the Edo period Edo Neo-Confucianism, known in Japanese as Shushi-Gaku (朱子學, shushigaku), refers to the schools of Neo-Confucian philosophy that developed in Japan during the Edo period. Neo-Confucians such as Hayashi Razan and Arai Hakuseki were instrumental in the formulation of Japan's dominant early modern political philosophy. Kokugaku advocates argued that the ancient Japanese were better representatives of Confucian virtues than the ancient Chinese were, and that there should be more intellectual focus on ancient Japanese classics and the indigenous religion of Shinto.[9] Although philosophical competitors, Kokugaku and Neo-Confucianism would co-exist as the dominant philosophical thought of Japan until the arrival of Western philosophy during the Meiji period. A leading direction in Edo Neo-Confucianism is the school of "principle" (Japanese: ri). Mishima Yukio, for example, wrote the treatise, "Wang Yang-ming doctrine as a revolutionary philosophy".[15] Japanese reformers have also commented on the influences of Edo Neo-Confucianism in Japan at several times. Yet others argue ideas of Edo Neo-Confucianism helped Japanese people to convert to Christianity.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-633.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-633.txt