Researchers compile complete works of Confucianism

More than 400 years ago, two eminent Confucian scholars Sun Yuhou from Central China's Hunan province and Cao Xuequan from East China's Fujian province lamented that the country did not have the complete works of Confucianism.

"Buddhists and Taoists have their complete works, but Confucianists have yet to have their own," said Cao, who feared that some works of Confucianism would become forgotten if they were not collected and compiled.

Confucianism, named after the Chinese philosopher, is one of the three major components of Chinese culture, together with Buddhism and Taoism.