centered on love. Confucius offered up an additional method of reform‚ being a balance of benevolence and dignity. His goal was to raise the good in people‚ hoping that by promoting a more moral nation of citizens‚ the fighting would lessen. Jen‚ chun tzu‚ li‚ te‚ and wen are the five conceptual branches that Confucius based his analects on. Confucius was tremendously concerned with the distraught Chinese political system‚ making government and rule (Confucius’ “te”) a key concept of his analects
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The Ideal Person According to Confucius April 27th‚ 2011 There are several things that Confucius taught‚ but the most important thing of them all was what the ideal person should be. Confucius’ philosophies‚ which were implemented and stated in his teachings; was that the ideal person was one of good moral character. Confucius believed that this was the foundation for his other beliefs. He also believed that the ideal person was also to have the profound respect for worship and sincerely
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July 25‚ 2011 2nd Reflective essay In what ways did Sophocles in Philoctetes‚ Confucians‚ and Taoists deal with the questions of individualism and respect for authority? In Philoctetes‚ Sophocles deals with individualism in two ways from two different characters. The king Odysseus shows his individualism by becoming conniving and deceitful. That is not honorable conduct for a Greek. His actions are definitely not appropriate for a Greek King. He is showing that he will do anything in order
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Confucianism Founded by Kung Fu Tzu (Confucius) Emphasized the Analects Created a type of social philosophy Believed everyone was essentially the same but learning and practice distinguished them Referred back to a Golden Age he hoped to recapture Advocated development of Five Inner Virtues especially li – moral propriety and ren - humanity -- “tao” All society is built on the idea of filial (family) piety -- “xiao” Superior men – “Chun- tzu” led by example Noted five basic
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Formation of China The Ch’in Ancient China had always been a collection of more or less independent states in the north of China. The Shang and the Chou dominated the political landscape as the most powerful of those states‚ but they did not exercise uniform rule over neighboring regions. When the Chou began to weaken around 500 BC‚ these independent states began to war among themselves over territory and influence. So chaotic was this period that the Chinese refer to it as The Warring States
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their moral theory to public office (though both failed). And while Plato espoused the ‘heavenly’ forms‚ Confucius espoused the ‘Decree of Heaven.’ Moreover‚ Plato advocated the life of the philosopher‚ even as Confucius advocated the life of the chun-tzu. More importantly to this paper‚ Confucius and Plato both advocated an ultimate ethical ideal. Confucius’s1 ethical ideal‚ ren‚2 is central to the Analects (60 of the 499 chapters are devoted its discussion‚ and the word appears 109 times3). The
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Hsiao (filial piety) and Jun-Zi (gentleman). Every line in the book has a hidden concept that we as readers‚ should find for ourselves. One of my favorite concepts of Confucianism is Hsiao‚ a reverence towards your parents and friend: “Yu Tzu said‚ ‘It is rare for a man whose character is such that he is good as a son and obedient as a young man to have the inclination to transgress against his superiors… The gentleman devotes his efforts to the roots‚ for ones the roots are established…Being
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Taoism Taoism (or Daoism) alludes to an assortment of related philosophical and religious conventions that have affected Eastern Asia for over two centuries‚ and have impacted the western world especially since the nineteenth century.The word 道‚ Tao (or Dao‚ contingent upon the romanization plan)‚ generally deciphers as‚ "way" or "route" (of life)‚ in spite of the fact that in Chinese people religion and reasoning it conveys more conceptual implications. Taoist appropriateness and morals underline
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everyone lived this way harmony within ones-self‚ those who ruled and nature became balanced. “Confucianism is often thought of as a system for the regulation of social groups and the transformation of the individual. The perfect person is the junzi (chun-tzu)
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be to accept the tradition as it is while the second way is to complete throughout the tradition. The deliberate tradition serves as a middle path.There are 5 aspects of Confucianism: Jen‚ Chun Tzu‚ Li‚ Te‚ Wen. Benevolence ( Jen) deals with the ideals of relationship of individuals. Gentlemanliness (Chun Tzu) deals with trying to observe‚ being nice and unselfish to individuals. Ritual ( Li) deals with treating others as people worth respecting. Power ( to) deal with exerting power over yourself
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