Editing Confucianism (section)

===Contradiction with modernist values===
{{See also|New Culture Movement}}
In the [[New Culture Movement]], [[Lu Xun]] criticised Confucianism for shaping Chinese people into the condition they had reached by the late [[Qing dynasty]]: his criticisms are expressed metaphorically in the work "[[Diary of a Madman (Lu Xun)|Diary of a Madman]]", in which traditional Chinese Confucian society is portrayed as feudalistic, hypocritical, socially cannibalistic, despotic, fostering a "slave mentality" favouring despotism, lack of critical thinking and blind obedience and worship of authority, fuelling a form of "Confucian authoritarianism" which persists into the present day.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-23 |orig-date=1918 |title=The True Story of Lu Xun |url=https://www.chinafile.com/library/nyrb-china-archive/ |access-date=2022-08-26 |website=ChinaFile |language=en}}</ref> Leftists during the [[Cultural Revolution]] described Confucius as the representative of the slave-owning class.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 20, 2005 |title=The evil life of Confucius |url=https://people.reed.edu/~brashiek/syllabi/Poster/running.html#:~:text=2.,%E2%80%9COld%20Number%20Two%E2%80%9D%5D. |archive-url=https://perma-archives.org/warc/20240121070125/https://people.reed.edu/~brashiek/syllabi/Poster/running.html#:~:text=2.,%E2%80%9COld%20Number%20Two%E2%80%9D%5D. |archive-date=21 January 2024 |access-date=January 21, 2024 |website=Reed University |url-status=live }}</ref>

In [[South Korea]], there has long been criticism. Some South Koreans believe Confucianism has not contributed to the modernisation of South Korea. For example, South Korean writer Kim Kyong-il wrote a book in 1998 entitled "Confucius Must Die For the Nation to Live" ({{lang|ko|공자가 죽어야 나라가 산다}}, ''gongjaga jug-eoya naraga sanda''). Kim said that [[filial piety]] is one-sided and blind, and if it continues, social problems will continue as government keeps forcing Confucian filial obligations onto families.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 September 1999 |script-title=ko:공자가 죽어야 나라가 산다고?&nbsp;– 시사저널 |url=http://www.sisapress.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=39088 |access-date=2012-06-10 |publisher=Sisapress.com}}</ref>