Plural of Confucian; multiple people who follow or study the philosophy of Confucius.
Plural form of Confucian, which derives from Confucius + -an (relating to). The -s marks standard English pluralization of count nouns.
The Confucians were not monolithic—over centuries, different schools debated and reinterpreted Confucius's ideas, so 'Confucians' actually refers to a diverse family of thinkers across China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.
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