Urgent! What is the Confucian cultural circle in East Asia?

Japanese scholar Kaiichi Zejing called the infiltration process of Confucianism in East Asia "localization" in his new book Confucianism as a symbol. On the other hand, Ze Jing aims to achieve the goal of "decentralization" (separation from Confucianism in China) by studying the process of "localization" of Confucianism in East Asian countries. Similarly, some young and middle-aged scholars in Korea believe that Confucius is a native of Dongyi, and the root of Confucianism is in ancient Korean society.

The views of Japanese and Korean scholars mentioned above, regardless of the issue of "source" and "flow", objectively admit that there is a cultural circle in East Asia with Confucian culture as its basic content. The author thinks that after the emergence and formation of Confucianism in China, with the spread of civilization, it has spread geographically and spatially to neighboring countries and regions such as Japan and South Korea. Therefore, judging from the * * * nature of East Asian culture, there does exist a Confucian cultural circle in East Asia. On the other hand, from the characteristics of East Asian culture, the originality of China's Confucianism determines that it can only be China's Confucianism. After Confucianism spread to Japan and South Korea, it was combined with the traditional cultural concepts of the country, forming Japanese Confucianism and Korean Confucianism with national characteristics different from China Confucianism.

The rich and colorful China Confucianism, Japanese literature and Korean Confucianism finally constitute the symbol of East Asian civilization.