Shengren

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Best book on *Language Imperialism* and *Confucianism* there is. It's about the European battle of control over China's most valuable possessions: its names. Basically, the imperialists re-named everything (even today, they still do). Little known fact: Confucius and the other Chinese thinkers are original *shengren*. A very unique, un-European concept, like Indian *bodhisattvas* and *buddhas*. Today, in Europe *shengren* are conveniently called saints or philosophers, two Western concepts. The book calls for a re-visit and revival of the *shengren*. Good luck with that!

subjects: language imperialism,  linguistic,  confucianism,  confucius,  laozi,  German,  Chinese,  sense of mission,  orientalism

People: richard wilhelm,  james legge,  Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831),  christian wolff,  tu weiming,  gu zhengkun,  ji xianlin,  sages,  shengren,  junzi,  gentlemen

Times: 1649-2009