Wu Leichuan's Confucian-Christian Spirituality

Wu Leichuan's Confucian-Christian Spirituality

Kwong-pui CHAN

This article examines the spirituality of Wu Leichuan, a famous Confucian Christian in the 30's to 40's of the twentieth century. There are three aspects of Wu's spirituality. Firstly, Wu emphasizes Jesus as the paradigm of Christian spiritual growth. Secondly, Wu emphasizes the integration of Christianity and Confucianism. He constructs his understanding of indigenous Christian spirituality, which is based on the “Five Steps to Perfection” of the Great Learning (Da Xue). Thirdly, the goal of Christian spiritual perfection is “the integration of knowing and doing” (zhi xing he yi ) for witnessing the love of God to all people and for fulfilling their human nature.