1. Filial Piety (xiao) was a fundamental aspect of Confucius’s Analects. He said that a son is filial if he does not change his father’s ways for 3 years after he dies. This became a foundational value of “ren”‚ or humaneness. He also believed that uprightness lies in filial piety. According to Confucius‚ the beginning of filial piety is serving your parents‚ the middle is serving your ruler‚ and it ends with establishing yourself. According to Confucius‚ being filial and fraternal is the root of
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Legalism dominant belief system of the Qin rulers. Qin Shihuangdi first emperor recentralized various feudal kingdoms that had split apart at the end of the Zhou Dynasty standardized all the laws‚ currencies‚ weights‚ measures‚ and systems of writing; refused to tolerate any dissent whatsoever burn books and kill scholars if dissent occurred in the book or mind. Confucianism emerged in the classical period; emphasized education as the key to moral improvement. became the most important
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culture of its own. One of its main unique features comes from the fact that it pursued Confucianism as its core ideology. Therefore‚ even though Confucianism started in China‚ the application of it can be traced also distinctly in Korea. The Dynasty of Joseon brought the principals of Confucianism‚ and indigenized it to fit its existing values. However‚ today Confucianism is not taught anymore‚ and the values of Confucianism are considered old and out of style. It has become of an old ideology
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Buddhism was founded in India in the sixth century B.C.E and was brought to China by the first century C.E‚ Buddhism influences continued to expand for several centuries. After the fall of the Han Dynasty‚ Buddhism began to receive some citizens who agreed and accepted Buddhism because it allowed a way to escape sorrow‚ some who disagreed with it because they viewed it as a threat to the Chinese way of life and some who acknowledged all religions or felt in-between about it. Buddhism had a positive
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The Unification of China‚ led by Qin Shi Huang – the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty – was a series of military campaigns launched in the late 3rd century BC. A part of a war called Warring States Period‚ the campaign was to unify all of what was Ancient China and to solidify Qin’s rule to all of it. But before the unification was achieved‚ the seven major states had their own customs and culture. Wu Qi‚ wrote a book entitled The Book of Master Wu wherein he declared that the government and nature
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conflicts across the kingdom and the empire was finally overthrown‚ ending the long reign of the Shang Dynasty in Chinese history. This explains why other dynasties in China prospered over others; for example‚ the Qin Dynasty lasted longer than the Han Dynasty because it was very fair and not so cruel and unjust to people. If China had a more benevolent‚ sage‚ unselfish‚ fair‚ and peaceful emperor‚ their dynasty may have lasted longer.
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Government functions in Han China. a. 6. Comparing China and India and their contacts with other societies 7. Values of classical India and China 8. Peasant in classical China 9. Differences between classical civilizations and river valley civilizations 10. Functions of government in Han China 11. Chinese views of nature 12. Political tradition in India 13. Athenian democracy 14. Greek politics and India politics 15. Romans and engineering 16. Mauryan dynasty and Gupta dynasty: characteristics
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The Taoist Tradition; Monday‚ Wednesday 10:00 a.m. Professor Lee 12/14/2012 Daodejing of Laozi‚ Chapter 38 (First chapter‚ due to a Chinese man’s inability to arrange bamboo sticks) Much of this text is contradictions‚ e.g. the virtuous thing to do is not to strive for virtue Confucians are the intended audience (scholars who read certain preconfucian classics); very few people are even literate Written by somewhat-countercultural beatnik equivalents A dao which can be daoed is not a real
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accident. Hei Boyang wanted his invention to be an invention for immortal life‚ it ended up being the total opposite.During the Song and Yuan Dynasties‚ frequent wars spurred which the development of cannons and guns were made. As you can see gunpowder plays a major role in today’s life and in the past. The Ancient Chinese compass was created by the Song Dynasty. The circular center represents heaven‚ and the square plate represents earth. The handle of the spoon points south. The spoon is a symbolic
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Beginning in the Han Dynasty (China)‚ there were opportunities for mobility through the creation of a new social class‚ the Scholar Gentry. Whereas in Indian society‚ the Caste System left no room for movement at all. Starting in the Han Dynasty‚ the influence of Confucianism was prominent through the creation of the civil service examination. In China‚ this ensured only those well-educated
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