Individual Self, Sage Discourse, and Parental Authority: Why Do Confucian Students Reject Further Confucian Studies as Their Educational Future?
Throughout the twenty-first century, Confucian education has rapidly expanded among the grassroots in China. This study focuses on the most influential style of Confucian education, <i>dujing</i> (classics reading) education, and on a very understudied group, the students, in the Confuci...
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| description | Throughout the twenty-first century, Confucian education has rapidly expanded among the grassroots in China. This study focuses on the most influential style of Confucian education, <i>dujing</i> (classics reading) education, and on a very understudied group, the students, in the Confucian education system. Using data collected at a Confucian school, this study aims to elucidate <i>dujing</i> students’ genuine thoughts and feelings toward their plans for future education. The findings suggest that <i>dujing</i> students exhibit an individualistic outlook, which is characterized by their personal aspirations, self-determination, independence, and self-pursuit, as well as a reluctance to pursue further Confucian studies. Their self-identity is further strengthened by resistance to the authoritarian discourse circulating in the domain of <i>dujing</i> education and by a shifting relationship with imposed parental expectations. This study argues that the development of Confucian individualism in students’ <i>dujing</i> experience must be understood within the broader social contexts shaping Chinese individualisms and subjectivities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b018727ad90a45279a388c7ec967f52e2023-11-23T21:51:58ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442022-02-0113215410.3390/rel13020154Individual Self, Sage Discourse, and Parental Authority: Why Do Confucian Students Reject Further Confucian Studies as Their Educational Future?Canglong Wang0Department of Modern Languages, Faculty of Arts Cultures and Education, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UKThroughout the twenty-first century, Confucian education has rapidly expanded among the grassroots in China. This study focuses on the most influential style of Confucian education, <i>dujing</i> (classics reading) education, and on a very understudied group, the students, in the Confucian education system. Using data collected at a Confucian school, this study aims to elucidate <i>dujing</i> students’ genuine thoughts and feelings toward their plans for future education. The findings suggest that <i>dujing</i> students exhibit an individualistic outlook, which is characterized by their personal aspirations, self-determination, independence, and self-pursuit, as well as a reluctance to pursue further Confucian studies. Their self-identity is further strengthened by resistance to the authoritarian discourse circulating in the domain of <i>dujing</i> education and by a shifting relationship with imposed parental expectations. This study argues that the development of Confucian individualism in students’ <i>dujing</i> experience must be understood within the broader social contexts shaping Chinese individualisms and subjectivities.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/2/154individualismauthoritarianismConfucian revivalChinese educationChinese parenting |
| spellingShingle | Canglong Wang Individual Self, Sage Discourse, and Parental Authority: Why Do Confucian Students Reject Further Confucian Studies as Their Educational Future? Religions individualism authoritarianism Confucian revival Chinese education Chinese parenting |
| title | Individual Self, Sage Discourse, and Parental Authority: Why Do Confucian Students Reject Further Confucian Studies as Their Educational Future? |
| title_full | Individual Self, Sage Discourse, and Parental Authority: Why Do Confucian Students Reject Further Confucian Studies as Their Educational Future? |
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| title_short | Individual Self, Sage Discourse, and Parental Authority: Why Do Confucian Students Reject Further Confucian Studies as Their Educational Future? |
| title_sort | individual self sage discourse and parental authority why do confucian students reject further confucian studies as their educational future |
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