The Religious Movement and Chinese overseas in modern China

中国民初，儒学运动在上海爆发。它要求儒学成为国家宗教。这场运动来自清末的两股政治潮流：康有为的维新运动和慈禧的新政府。康有为的党主张儒教是宗教，孔子是教皇，因为一些基督徒说中国是异教国家，不成为基督教国家就不会强大。这场运动扩大到海外华人。在此影响下，新政府以传统礼仪尊崇孔子为元人，最终挫败了儒学运动。这场运动的余烬分成了两条线。儒会被纳入国际道德协会。这是一种民间的异教信仰。但是，海峡儒学协会今天在新加坡继续进行。孔子的传统仪式在满洲国继续进行。满洲国的宰相组织了满语孔子学院。他承认儒学是经典，而不是宗教。

In the beginning of the Republic of China, the Confucian Movement broke out at Shanghai. It demanded Confucianism to become state religion. This movement had come from two political currents in the end of the Qing Dynasty ; the Reform Movement by Kang Youwei and the New Government with Ci Xi.The party of Kang Youwei (The Confucian Association) advocated that the Confucianism was a religion and Confucius was the pope, because some Christians said that China was pagan nation and could not be strong unless it becomes a Christian nation. The Movement expanded into the Chinese overseas. Through the influence of it, the New Government enshrined Confucius as the prime person with the traditional ceremony.After all, the Confucian Movement was defeated. The embers of this Movement branched away two lines. The Confucian Association was incorporated into the International Moral Society. It was a folk pagan beliefs. But, the Straits Confucian Association continues today in Singapore. The traditional ceremony of Confucius continued in Manchukuo. The prime minister of Manchukuo organized The Confucian Institute in Manchu. He recognized Confucianism to be the classics, not to be a religion.