新儒家可以分成三代，第一代係1921年去到1949年，代表哲學家有熊十力、梁漱溟、馬一浮、張君勱、馮友蘭；1950年去到1979年就係第二代，代表哲學家有方東美、唐君毅、牟宗三、徐復觀；第三代就係1980年到依家，代表哲學家有成中英、劉述先、杜維明、霍韜晦、姚新中 。其中張君勱、唐君毅、牟宗三、徐復觀曾經聯署發表咗《為中國文化敬告世界人士宣言》，強調「心性之學」係瞭解中國文化傳統嘅基礎。佢哋同方東美、馮友蘭、熊十力、梁漱溟有新儒學八大家呢個稱呼。
Neo-Confucianism can be divided into three generations, the first generation is from 1921 to 1949, representing philosophers Xiong Shili, Liang Shu, Ma Yifu, Zhang Junyun, and Feng Youlan; from 1950 to 1979, it is the second generation, representing philosophers Fang Dongmei, Tang Junyi, Mou Zongsan, and Xu Fuguan; and the third generation is from 1980 to the present, representing philosophers such as Cheng Zhongying, Liu Shu, Tu Weiming, Huo Taohui, and Yao Xinzhong. Among them, Zhang Junqi, Tang Junyi, Mou Zongsan, and Xu Fuguan once co-signed the "Declaration to the World for Chinese Culture", emphasizing that "the study of the mind" is the foundation for understanding Chinese cultural traditions. They and Fang Dongmei, Feng Youlan, Xiong Shili, and Liang Shuming have the title of the Eight Masters of Neo-Confucianism.