Sentence examples for be largely a Confucian from inspiring English sources
Traditional China, with its extensive lands and huge population, came to be largely a Confucian state making Xunzi one of the most influential philosophers the world has ever known.
Mozi, originally a Confucian, based his system on a concept of universal love that was largely an extension of the Confucian idea of humanity; the "worthy man" Mozi recommended as the ideal leader was a development of Confucius's notion of excellence, combining virtue and ability.
It is, largely, an illusion.
Allianz is largely an insurer.
Screens covered with maxims reinforce the fact that Korean culture was largely shaped by Confucian ideals coming from China.
Few studies have investigated the role of the Korean father in children's education in the U.S. In traditional Korean society, the roles of fathers are largely influenced by Confucian philosophy which offers ethical teaching for human relationships.
The constitution, like the throne, was largely Germanic, and played with deadly effect in a land already conditioned to Confucian worship of authority.
He elaborated and systematized the work undertaken by Confucius and Mencius, giving a cohesiveness, comprehensiveness, and direction to Confucian thought that was all the more compelling for the rigour with which he set it forth; and the strength he thereby gave to that philosophy has been largely responsible for its continuance as a living tradition for over 2,000 years.
"Relation ranking" would thus have generated a system of practices and duties based on social relations that was largely congruent with the role-based duties recognized by the Ru ("erudites," or Confucians), the Mohists' main opponents.
