Chen was an influential educator, writer, educator, Confucian philosopher and psychologist.

In later centuries, Yao and Shun were glorified for their virtue by Confucian philosophers.

In the 13th century Zhu Xi was a Confucian philosopher who practiced at the White Deer Grotto Academy, on Lushan's eastern flanks.

April 23 - Zhu Xi, Chinese Confucian philosopher (b. 1130)

Mou Zongsan - Chinese New Confucian philosopher.

Because of Li Si and Han Feizi's staunch anti-Confucian stances, Xunzi's reputation as a Confucian philosopher has often come into question.

Zhu Xi (1130-1200), Confucian philosopher.

The first five had been named after the Master's Five Virtues, and after that they had taken to naming them after major Confucian philosophers.

"It is a trifling when a widow starves to death," said Cheng Hao, a prominent Confucian philosopher of the Sung dynasty.

A disciple of his visited the Confucian philosopher Mencius, and a short report of their conversation discussing Xu Xing's philosophy survives.