Abstract: the inner structure of confucianism is multidimentional. In former one-dimension analytical framework, confucianism was treated as a unity and was criticized or approved thoroughly. It not only violated historical truth, but also violated logical law. Because, the inner structure of confucianism are multidimentional and multiperspective, so we can’t criticize or approve it thoroughly. The three-dimensional analytical framework we suggested here attempts to analyze confucianism’s inner structure by three dimension: confucianism of authority, confucianism of folk society, and confucianism of intellectuals. These three parts of confucianism are different in contents and characteristic. They have different adaptive capacity and vitality in modern society, and their modern fate are very different.