Twenty years after publishing the book&nbsp;<i>Reinventing Confucianism &ndash; The New Confucian Movement,&nbsp;</i>&ndash; and exactly one hundred years after the publication of&nbsp;<i>Eastern and Western Cultures and Their Philosophies</i>&nbsp;by Liang Shuming (1893-1988), widely considered as the first spark, if not the actual start, of the New Confucian Movement - I take up once again the topic of the New Confucian Movement. On my side, at the time, twenty years ago, it was an attempt to describe a philosophical movement that greatly impressed me.<br /><br /><b>Umberto Bresciani</b><br />1942 Born in Ca&rsquo;d&rsquo;Andrea, Cremona, Italy.<br />1962 High School Graduate (Maturit&agrave; Classica), Liceo Ballerini, Seregno (MI), Italy.<br />1968 Licentiate of Philosophy &amp; Theology, Studentato Teologico Saveriano, Parma, Italy.<br />1969 Entered Chinese Language Institute (Annexed to Fujen University, Taipei, Taiwan).<br />1973 B.A. (major: History; minor: Chinese Studies), University of Maryland (U.S.A.), Far East Division.<br />1975 M.A. Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.<br />1983 Ph. D. Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.<br />Professor of Italian Language: National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei (since 1974).<br />Professor, Dept. of Italian Language &amp; Culture, Fujen University, Xinzhuang, Taipei, Taiwan (since 2003).<br />Umberto Bresciani has lived in Taiwan for over 40 years.<br />His main interest is Chinese philosophical and religious thought and comparative theological studies.<br /><br />Main publications<br />Books:<br />Xifang hanxuejia yanjiu wenshidongyi de shangdui (Evaluation of research by Western sinologists on the Wenshidongyi), dissertation for the Ph.D., Chinese Literature, Taipei: National Taiwan University, May 1983.<br />Reinventing Confucianism: The New Confucian Movement, Taipei: Ricci Institute, 2001.<br />La filosofia cinese nel ventesimo secolo &ndash; I nuovi confuciani, Roma: Urbaniana University Press, 2009.<br />Il primo principio della filosofia confuciana (Ebook), Gaeta: Passerino Editore, 2014.<br /><br />&nbsp;