[Ads-l] Antedating of "Confucianism"

[Stephen Goranson]

Laoukounism in that 1825 source is spelled Laoukeunism?
Either way, an unusual name for The Way, sometimes called Laoism.

Stephen G.
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Subject: Antedating of "Confucianism"

Confucianism (OED 1829)

1825 Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle 3: 456 (Google Books)

The various admonitions given by the three religions ... Confucianism, Laoukounism, Budhism.

Fred Shapiro



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