Relationship between Daoism & Confucianism
Ethan Martinez
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Dr. Benjamin Murphy
October 21, 2013
Relationship Between Daoism & Confucianism
History has shown us, that Daoism and Confucianism have many things in common as well as many differences, let me start with what is Daoism and Confucianism. Daoism is also known as Taoism, is a religious tradition originated from China in the 550 B.C.E, it was founded by Lao Tzu, a great philosopher and the author of the “Dao De Jing” .The “Dao De Jing” or “Tao Te Ching” is a Chinese text that contains 81 chapters explaining the “ways” of Chinese life, it is often used by the monks or persons that practice the Daoism. Daoism’s main focus is on nature, and not on the social world. Compassion, moderation and humility are also focuses on the Daoism. On the other part, Confucianism is a philosophical system, was founded by Confucius, a philosopher, teacher and politician in 551 B.C.E. He believed that in any relationship there was a superior and inferior person. The superior must care for the inferior and be a good example, while the inferior must have loyalty and obedience to the superior person. You may have notice that there are things in common, between this to religions, like the location and the time.
Daoism and Confucianism are two philosophical ideas with a lot of history, it means that they may have some principals or ideas in common. For example, as I said before they both originate from the same time, they are both from China. They also allow the followers to have statues or pictures, both of them base their teachings on ancient scripts like the “Dao De Jing” for the Daoism, and the “Analects” for the Confucianism.
As I research more and more about the subject, I realized that the similarities began to disappear, In Daoism the practices are made in shrines to homage their deities, according to the BBC religions, there are around more than 25 deities in Daoism, and the most worshiped ones are “the three pure ones” , while Confucianism play homage
Rel1300
Dr. Benjamin Murphy
October 21, 2013
Relationship Between Daoism & Confucianism
History has shown us, that Daoism and Confucianism have many things in common as well as many differences, let me start with what is Daoism and Confucianism. Daoism is also known as Taoism, is a religious tradition originated from China in the 550 B.C.E, it was founded by Lao Tzu, a great philosopher and the author of the “Dao De Jing” .The “Dao De Jing” or “Tao Te Ching” is a Chinese text that contains 81 chapters explaining the “ways” of Chinese life, it is often used by the monks or persons that practice the Daoism. Daoism’s main focus is on nature, and not on the social world. Compassion, moderation and humility are also focuses on the Daoism. On the other part, Confucianism is a philosophical system, was founded by Confucius, a philosopher, teacher and politician in 551 B.C.E. He believed that in any relationship there was a superior and inferior person. The superior must care for the inferior and be a good example, while the inferior must have loyalty and obedience to the superior person. You may have notice that there are things in common, between this to religions, like the location and the time.
Daoism and Confucianism are two philosophical ideas with a lot of history, it means that they may have some principals or ideas in common. For example, as I said before they both originate from the same time, they are both from China. They also allow the followers to have statues or pictures, both of them base their teachings on ancient scripts like the “Dao De Jing” for the Daoism, and the “Analects” for the Confucianism.
As I research more and more about the subject, I realized that the similarities began to disappear, In Daoism the practices are made in shrines to homage their deities, according to the BBC religions, there are around more than 25 deities in Daoism, and the most worshiped ones are “the three pure ones” , while Confucianism play homage
Bibliography: http://religions.findthedata.org/l/4/Confucianism http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/taoism/ http://www.diffen.com/difference/Confucianism_vs_Taoism http://www.taoistsecret.com/taoistgod.html