New Confucianism (當代新儒學 or 當代新儒學 "Contemporary New Confucianism") is a new movement of Confucianism since the twentieth century. Not to be confused with Neo-Confucianism (宋明新儒家 "Song-Ming Neo-Confucianism"). Sage Confucius——孔子 Confucianist temple Thian Hock Keng in Singapore Confucianism (Chinese: å„’å­¦, Pinyin Rúxu邂, The School of the Scholars; or, less accurately, 孔教 Kŏng jiào, The Religion of Confucius) is an East Asian ethical and philosophical system originally developed from the teachings of the early Chinese sage Confucius. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar (often from (1900 to 1999 in common usage). ... Neo-Confucianism (理學 Pinyin: Lǐxué) is a term for a form of Confucianism that was primarily developed during the Song dynasty, but which can be traced back to Han Yu and Li Ao in the Tang dynasty. ... The Song Dynasty (Chinese: 宋朝) was a ruling dynasty in China from 960-1279. ... The Ming Dynasty (Chinese: 明朝; Hanyu Pinyin: ) was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644. ...

The term itself seems to have been first used in the 1970s and was not found before the 1980s.

New Confucians include:

• Tu Wei-ming of the Boston Confucians. See the book Boston Confucianism: Portable Tradition in the Late-Modern World for more on this philosophy.
• Robert Canright of the Dallas Confucians. They prefer the name "The Timeless Way." Their view of Confucianism is described in the book Achieve Lasting Happiness, Timeless Secrets to Transform Your Life, which brings the Analects into daily life.
• Roger Ames who has made philosophical translations of Confucian texts
• Bryan Van Norden at Vassar, who presents a virtue theory model of Confucianism.

See also [1] Tu Wei-ming (杜維明 Pinyin: D ng) is an ethicist and a Boston Confucian. ... Boston Confucians are a group of New Confucians from Boston, of whom the best known is ethicist and scholar Tu Wei-Ming. ...