Early Confucian Communication

The early Confucianism which is founded by Confucius who was attempt to revive thesocial reality of propriety disintegration in the late years of the Spring and Autumn Period withthe spirit of "Mu Duo" originated from the place called Zhu Si in pre-Qin, and contained thetheories from Yao, Yu, Tang, Wen, Wu, Zhou Gong who were all ancient emperors in the pastdynasties. Then after the death of Confucius, his disciples and followers, including seventy-twoworthies，Zi Si，Mencius and Xun Zi, etc. Try their best to spread and innovate Confucianismthought continually. Then to make Confucianism stand out through hundreds schools of thoughtsand achieve its goal of "significant learning" position in the period of Warring states. Meanwhile,as the early form of Confucianism, the early Confucianism with unsurpassed humanities,originality and breakthrough features played the important "Fountainhead" role.The thesis tries to learn the basic situation of the early communication of Confucianism andrestore the flourishing scene in the late years of the Spring and Autumn and the period ofWarring states from the perspective of the early communication of Confucianism with historicaldocuments and substantial evidences for archeology. So that we can search the ancient Chinesecommunication skills and wisdom, and explore the reasons that Confucianism became theChinese mainstream thinking. Then learn these lessons from the past to provide the value andsignificance of the spread and development of contemporary Confucianism.The thesis is divided into five chapters.The first chapter tries to discuss Confucius’ basic conditions of the communication ofConfucianism who is the originators of the early Confucianism. To be specific, the chaptermainly discusses the contains in terms of building a good image in public, transmitting wisdomand imparting knowledge to base on the cultural field, traveling around the world in pursuit of political purpose and writing books.The second chapter looks into the condition of the spread of the early Confucianism by thetime sequence. And sort out three climaxes of the early Confucianism dissemination activitiessystematically by Confucius’ disciples and followers, Zi Zhang, Zi You, Zen Zi, Zi Xia, Zi Gong,Zi Si, Mencius and Xun Zi for instance.The third chapter mainly discusses the communication of the early Confucianism from theregional perspective. The early Confucianism spread out from Lu Guo, then pass through thenorth area, the west area and the south area and communicate with various regional culture ofother countries like Qi, Zhong Shan, Chu, Qin, Wu, Yue.The forth chapter is divided into two sections. Part one of this chapter mainly explores thetwo routes to disseminate the thought based on the difference of the knowledge structure.Specifically, to speak of lofty subjects with men who are above the average, and to civilize withmen who are below the average. Part two of this chapter analyzes the modes of the transmissionof the early Confucianism with related content of Communication Science which is containedteaching, writing books, lobbying and convince theory.The fifth chapter tries to discusses the distinguishing features of the early Confucianismwhich is outshine and different from other schools about the transmission dynamics ofinnovation theory, the purpose of dissemination of self-examination and moral, thecommunication infrastructures following the Chinese tradition and Datong thought.