The Place and Role of Sino-Confucian Culture and Confucianism in World History according to Liang Shuming’s Thought on Life and Culture

Liang Shuming’s understanding of Chinese culture, which he conceived as Sino-Confucian and his Confucianism differ from the common familiar understandings in sinological academic world. It seems that best way to understand Shuming thoughts is terms search for an authentic existence. In scheme three modes world cultures (Western-pragmatic Sino-(Taizhou 泰州-)Confucian Indo-(weishi-)Buddhist culture) their historical succession (as given above), conviction was imminent future mode culture would be cultural attitude. He even prophesied nearest emotion love its particular form between a man woman greatest most formidable problem this period, i.e. period second domain conditional availability or non-availability object desire, is, another mind will person. This called by realm human relationships, social solution Sino-(Taizhou-)Confucian responsible. The author concentrates on place role history.