1. Angle, Stephen. 2009. Sagehood: The Contemporary Significance of Neo-Confucian Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press. (An insightful and wide-ranging reflection on why the Confucian understanding of sagehood continues to matter).
2. Bell, Daniel. 2016. “Communitarianism.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, March 21, 2016.
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/communitarianism/
(This is an introduction to communitarian thought, including a brief discussion of points of contact and difference between it and the Confucian tradition.)
3. Carlyle, Thomas. 1840. Heroes and Hero Worship. London: Chapman and Hall Ltd. (A work famously claiming that history is moved by great men.)
4. Chang, Carsun. 1957. The Development of Neo-Confucian Thought. New York: Bookman Associates. (A classic discussion of the Confucian revival beginning in the eighth century CE and flourishing in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.)
5. Chang, Yu. 2010. “The Spirit of the School of Principles in Zhu Xi’s Discussion of ‘Dreams’—And on ‘Confucius Did Not Dream of Duke Zhou.’” Translated by Deyuan. Frontiers of Philosophy in China 5.1: 94–110. (An analysis of Zhu’s work on dreams.)