Abstract: In the comments on Prof. CHEN Lais paper On Sanders Idea of Republican Virtues, Sander argues Confucian tradition and republic tradition will agree that politics cannot be separated from ethics, and politics is concerned about the cultivation of virtues. In this sense, Sander accepts Chens critics. But he also raises some questions to Chen, including the relationship between politics and personal virtue in Confucian tradition. In the conclusive responses on the International Symposium of “Sander and Chinese Philosophy”, Sander introduces four themes, which may have connection with the Confucian tradition, i.e. reflecting the dominant understanding of an “unencumbered self”, the idea of good life, politics and virtue, and nature. He suggests to move from current “comparative dialogue” to “collaborative dialogue” in the international communication so that different traditions can have a better mutual understanding of their central texts and ways of thinking.

Key words: Confucian, republicanism, virtue, &ldquo, collaborative dialogue&rdquo, , &ldquo, comparative dialogue&rdquo