Confucianism- Religion or Not? Religion has always played a key aspect to societies‚ ancient or not. Whether to unify a group of people‚ or to provide a common thought to ensure that the civilization not fail‚ there is no argument as to the importance of religion. However‚ in every ancient society‚ religions share common characteristics which define the term religion itself. There are certain forms to which each religion has to mold to in order to be considered a religion in itself. Certain thought
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To understand why Confucianism is a religion‚ there must be an understanding of what a religion is. Religion can be defined as an interest‚ belief‚ or an activity that is important to a group of people. It is a united practice or belief‚ which connects worldviews of humanity to an order of one’s existence. The practices of a religion can include sacrifices‚ festivals‚ as well as rituals‚ which are an integral part of all religions. A ritual is “a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series
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All the religions in Asia are syncretic‚ meaning their religions and philosophical beliefs somehow blends together. Many of the religions strive for harmony with nature. For example‚ Daoism is heavily practiced in China‚ a religion that promotes living in harmony with nature and universe. Daoist Scroll painting and Calligraphy Ge Zhichuan Moving His Dwelling‚ shows the journey of Ge Zhichuan. Analyzing the painting‚ the artist emphasizes more on the nature than the actual man because of the
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and Chinese Modernization Modernization is a process of developing and acceleration in human civilization as well as a signal that a country passes through modern civilization. It originated from neoteric western society. Chinese sacrifice a lot on the trend towards the historical process of modernization. Numerous Chinese pioneers made unremitted efforts to explore the path towards modernization in China. Deng Xiaoping is one of the most brilliant pioneers. He combined modernization and socialism
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nobility” (Ebery‚ 43). I consider the morality and structure of Confucianism to be a great strength. I believe that filial piety is important for family harmony and respecting your superiors is important in order to progress in society. In addition‚ doing good for the collective is a great philosophy to have and makes you think of your actions on a greater scope than just your individual life. However‚ the weaknesses of Confucianism today is that the belief in traditional roles are not as prevalent
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Bennett Dr. William Hedberg PAR 125 November 19‚ 2012 Writing Assignment #2 Confucius is one of the most important Chinese philosophers of all time. He taught his thoughts‚ which eventually formed a religion now known as Confucianism‚ throughout the city-states of China. After his death someone published the thoughts and conversations of Confucius in order to continue his teachings. There were also other thinkers that Confucius taught who continued to spread his teachings. One of these thinkers
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indoctrinating Christianity into their constructed idea of self; The east without psychologists or therapists had Confucianism to make sense of life. Philosophy like religion has a main objective that aims to explain what we experience within our reality; maintaining an undertone of contentment with the inevitable fate of death. We will first look at the two schools of thought within Confucianism. There is the idealist perspective that we are naturally good with social influences corrupting
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CASE STUDY “Modernization of NTUC Income” 1. Please read the case study that starts on the next page. 2. Answer all 5 questions below. 1. What were the problems faced by Income in this case? How were the problems resolved by the new digital system? 2. What types of information systems‚ communication and business processes were used by Income before migrating to the fully digital system? 3. Describe the Information systems and IT infrastructure at Income after migrating to the fully digital
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distinctive to Confucianism‚ Taoism and Shinto. In Confucianism‚ the women need to follow the “three subordinations”: be subordinate to her father before marriage‚ to her husband after marriage‚ and to her son after her husband died‚ then Confucians would think she is a virtuous woman. Men could have more than one concubine‚ but women couldn’t remarry even their husband die. Chaste widows were revered as heroes in Confucianism. As the results‚ the women need to follow the men in Confucianism.
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different philosophy from different areas yet hold striking similarities. The two source documents for this paper are “Meditations” by Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and “Analects” by Chinese philosopher Confucius‚ both of which represent Stoicism and Confucianism respectively. These two works were chosen for this paper due to their similarities concerning subjects such as self-improvement thought self-judgment and parallels of what a good person is in order to rule as good leader. Aurelius was trained as
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