Why should we study ConfucianismConfucianism? Actually, we needn’t ask the question, as ConfucianismConfucianism is a famous theory, which is certainly worth studying. Accordingly, it is not a problem for us to study ConfucianismConfucianism. Nevertheless, there have been a lot of novel and extreme comments about ConfucianismConfucianism in recent years, which became increasingly dominant in society. As a result, the ordinary people are very suspicious of Confucian philosophyPhilosophy. A strange idea occurred to the young people, e.g. the so-called “Down with Confucianism!” and “The thread-bound Chinese booksThread-bound Chinese books should be dumped into the latrines forever!”, and so on. This sort of comment is originally compared to an evacuant medicineEvacuant medicine. No matter how wonderful a theory is, it always degenerates after a few eras and has been adulterated with a lot of stagnation and putrefaction. For example, vascular sclerosisVascular sclerosis hinders us from having good health, so we must have some laxatives of rhubarb and mirabilite for its evacuation. Therefore, I also acknowledge that the strange comments have considerable usefulness. Obviously, medicine should not be taken for food. Just owing to gratification of the novel comment, the value of ConfucianismValue of Confucianism is completely removed, which is not an attitude of seeking truth and goodnessGoodness. We should undertake a careful investigation into this sort of comment, which achieved a dominant positionDominant position in society. ConfucianismConfucianism is considered a well-known school of thought, and there are five other reasons why ConfucianismConfucianism deserves our detailed study.