The Supreme Council for the Confucian Religion in Indonesia ( id, Majelis Tinggi Agama Konghucu Indonesia, MATAKIN; Chinese: 印尼孔教總會;

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: yìnní kǒngjiào zǒnghuì) is a Confucian church established in 1955 in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui ...

, comprising the communities of practitioners of

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mostly among

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. Together with the Hong Kong Confucian Academy it is one of the two branches that formed after the dissolution of mainland China's Confucian Church founded by

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in the early 20th century.

Official census (2018)

According to the 2018 census, there were a total 71,999 of Confucianism in Indonesia. The percentages of Confucianism in Indonesia 0,03% in 2018.

History

* In 1883, Boen Tjhiang Soe (Wen Chang Ci 文昌祠), after being rebuilt in 1906, became the ''Boen Bio'' (''Wen Miao'' 文廟 or ''Kong Miao'' 孔廟, "Temple of Culture" or "Temple of Confucius") at Jl. Kapasan No. 131 Surabaya. The colonial Dutch called it ''Geredja Boen Bio'' or ''Geredja Khonghoetjoe'', "Church of Confucius" (''de Kerk van Confucius''). At the present time it is a place of worship for Confucians in Surabaya. * In 1886, the first book of Confucius History in Indonesian, was published by

Lie Kim Hok Lie Kim Hok (; 1 November 1853 – 6 May 1912) was a ''peranakan'' Chinese teacher, writer, and social worker active in the Dutch East Indies and styled the "father of Chinese Malay literature". Born in Buitenzorg (now Bogor), West Jav ...

. * In 1897, the

Four Books The Four Books and Five Classics () are the authoritative books of Confucianism, written in China before 300 BCE. The Four Books and the Five Classics are the most important classics of Chinese Confucianism. Four Books The Four Books () are C ...

were translated in Indonesian by Toean Njio Tjoen Ean and were published in Ambon. * In 1900, the translation and commentary of ''

Great Learning The ''Great Learning'' or ''Daxue'' was one of the "Four Books" in Confucianism attributed to one of Confucius' disciples, Zengzi. The ''Great Learning'' had come from a chapter in the ''Book of Rites'' which formed one of the Five Classics. ...

'' (Id: ''Ajaran Besar'') and '' Doctrine of the Mean'' (Id: ''Tengah Sempurna'') were completed by Tan Ging Tiong. * On March 17, 1900, led by the social activist Phoa Keng Hek Sia, twenty

Chinese-Indonesian Chinese Indonesians ( id, Orang Tionghoa Indonesia) and colloquially Chindo or just Tionghoa are Indonesians whose ancestors arrived from China at some stage in the last eight centuries. Chinese people and their Indonesian descendants have l ...

community leaders established Tiong Hoa Hwee Koan, a Confucianist social and educational organisation. It aimed to better the educational and social position of ethnic Chinese in the Dutch East Indies, and reform the practice of Confucianism in the Dutch colony. * In 1918, the Confucian Council of Solo (Khong Kauw Hwee 孔教會) was legally founded. * In 1923, a congress was held at Yogyakarta, Central Java, which established the ''Khong Kauw Tjong Hwee'' (孔教總會), the Central Assembly of Confucianism. * On April 16, 1955, it was renamed the Supreme Council for the Confucian Religion in Indonesia; Majelis Tinggi Agama Khonghucu Indonesia: MATAKIN).

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Official census (2018)

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