{"product_id":"weird-confucius-zhao-lu-9781350327603","title":"Weird Confucius: Unorthodox Representations of Confucius in History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpanning antiquity until the present, Zhao Lu analyses the eclectic and fictitious \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003erepresentations of Confucius that have been widely celebrated by communities of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003epeople throughout history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile mainstream scholarship mostly considers Confucius in terms of his role as a celebrated man of wisdom and as a teacher with a humanistic worldview, Zhao addresses the weirder representations. He considers depictions of Confucius as a prophet, a fortune-teller, a powerful demon hunter, a shrewd villain of 19th century American newspapers, an embodiment of feudal evils in the Cultural Revolution, and as a cute friend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eZhao asks why some groups would risk contradicting the well-accepted image of Confucius with such representations and shows how these illustrations reflect the specific anxieties of these communities. He reveals not only how people across history perceived Confucius in diverse ways, but more importantly how they used Confucius in daily life, ranging from calming their anxiety about the future, to legitimizing a dynasty, stereotyping Chinese people, and even to forging a new sense of history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zhao Lu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350327603\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350327603\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Zhao Lu","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47579714322687,"sku":"9781350327603","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a27f247c-1524-4cfa-9ef5-0b6706ed64ec.jpg?v=1763876139","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/weird-confucius-zhao-lu-9781350327603","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}