This year, Tomb-Sweeping Day falls on Friday, April 5th. When we asked Americans what terms or concepts they associate with Confucianism (Ruism), about 26% selected the word ancestor. It seems […]
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Ancestor Devotion
If there is a single ritual which speaks to the resilience of the Ruist tradition, it is ‘ancestor devotion.’ Its history began long before the time of Confucius [551-479 BCE], […]