At the time when Mao was the leader of China‚ Confucianism was often ostracized and derided due to the movements in the Cultural Revolution which was supposed to modernize China. The author follows the arguments of Professors and scholars to form a debate on the aspects of Confucianism that could either compliment‚ or contrast against the Communist government of China. The reason for the debate is to see whether Confucianism would work in tie with modern Communism. There are positions that support
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both Taoism and Confucians had the same ultimate goal which was to be in harmony with the Dao. The Dao is known as the way of life. It can not be expressed with a picture or a image. It is simply just the flow of the universe. ! The differences lay between how each religion believed in achieving that harmony. Taoist were lead by the great
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John Powers Classical Chinese Philosophy Confucius Term Paper A Reflection on Confucianism Confucianism teachings focus on three socially critical topics. These aspects are woven into the Confucian teachings called The Analects. The Analects can be broken down into the four main parts of focus‚ humanity‚ or Jen‚ word-deed‚ propriety and the superior man. These Analects are primarily concerned with the personal‚ and government morality of the people in a given society‚ the correctness
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In Document 4‚ Han Yu leading Confucian scholar and official of the Tang imperial court regards Buddhism in a negative way stating how the Buddhist ways do not conform to Chinese laws and that they culture is entirely different. He saw it as a threat to the Chinese ways that were previously
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together. Their opposing forces work together to harmonize nature’s course of life. The two religions‚ Taoism and Confucianism‚ have their own view of how the forces shift; Taoists do not force change‚ they allow the Tao to guide it naturally (yin) and Confucians try to be in control (yang) (Ross). Disciples of Taoism practice being
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written by Liu Xiang in Han times were tremendously popular‚ and had a significant impact on dynastic culture several centuries afterwards. Their original purposes may have been to prevent further damage done by court women who lacked classical Confucian educations. These women were in close proximity to the emperor‚ which negatively influenced the imperial court. Liu Xiang’s stories served as educational basis to counter their influence by offering them an ideal to aspire to [Ebrey‚ 58]. These stories
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was also seen negatively due to its foreign influence‚ and it was limiting and lowering the status of the upper-class. However‚ Buddhism stilled allowed people to break out the strict hierarchy of Confucianism. Buddhism was taken negatively by Confucian scholars and the upper-class due to it limiting their power and its attempt to take the place of Confucianism . Buddhism was seen as a foreign invasion‚ with the people worshipping it seen as
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‘verifying most clearly and certainly the necessity of what the Tokugawa feudal system collapsed’ from a point of view‚ for instance‚ history of thought‚ thus followed the crushed process of such legitimate worldview in the feudal Japan as Confucian‚ especially neo-Confucian in the country‚ then‚ explaining ‘a pattern of modernization in Japanese thought widely and in Japanese society narrowly’. Moreover‚ this work has three parts that appeared each independently in an academic magazine in the wartime period
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on the Western Civilization in Western societies and Civilization Confucian (or Sinic) in non-Western societies. Under the Liberal Individualist view‚ the West is rights-based and so emphasizes the rights to non-interference to individuals and so the power of government is limited (Locke & Laslett‚ 1988). The main objective to set up the government is to provide services to people and so it had to be supervised. To the Confucian traditions‚ non-Western societies are paternalistic‚ accepting hierarchic
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loyalty‚ ritual virsuosity‚ and conduct of society; these things‚ in part‚ make up someone’s ren. Ren starts at the most basic level such as loyalty to your family‚ then to the rituals you carry out‚ and also to how you act within a society. Also in Confucian belief‚ the ability to cultivate and enhance human relationships is one of the most important things in their day to day life. They believe this because they think the only thing that makes you who you are is your individual network of human relationships
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