Liang Shuming 1893 – 1988

Liang Shuming was a Chinese philosopher, rural reformer, and one of the founders of the New Confucian movement of the twentieth century. After early studies in Buddhism, he turned to Confucianism and produced Eastern and Western Cultures and Their Philosophies, a comparative study of the philosophical orientations of Western, Indian, and Chinese civilizations. He spent the 1930s organizing rural reconstruction projects and the later decades of his long life in a complex and sometimes contentious relationship with the Chinese Communist authorities. His thought has shaped the modern revival of Confucian philosophy.