The differences between Classical Athens and Han China were major and distinctive. The background information‚ government‚ values of the individual‚ and art of each society show how differently each empire developed. Within the background information of both Athens and Han China you can automatically notice evident differences between the two. The first document shows the maps of both empires side by side. The Han Empire is isolated and much bigger than Athens’s city-state Attica‚ which is a mere
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Three areas of philosophy emerged amidst the chaos and constant warring of the Zhou era. The three were called Confucianism‚ Daoism‚ and legalism. They were Chinese philosophies that were thought to be the best ways to rule and achieve order in the society. Confucianism believed that a ruler ’s job was to set a good example‚ and not order. Since people were thought of as naturally good‚ they would following the right path based on their own conscience. Legalism was a more harsh way of ruling‚ led
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that the cultivation of moral virtues through which a person learns to be fully human is fundamental to human and social well-being. Confucius or Kong Zhongni was born in China where he was well known as Kong Fuzi and by the time he was growing up he personally experienced the poverty‚ political abuse and hardship that affected the lives of ordinary people. Confucius shared a belief that although the way of humans is established in the way of heaven and operates in harmony with the way of nature it
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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 was Mencius
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be better than others which was not always true. Fung’s book provides the historical background of Mencius and how his ideas became so influential. He begins by stating Mencius’ origin which is a native state of Tson and that he was linked to Confucius while studying after a disciple named Tzu-ssu (Fung 68). The article then goes on to account the creation of Mencius‚ which is a book composed by him and his disciples that recorded the information held between him and the feudal lords. His book
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Analects of Confucius Confucius Confucius lived in the latter part of the Spring and Autumn Period(770-479BC). Confucius was a philosopher‚ political thinker and educator of ancient China‚ whose influence is still felt across the world. (论语) Analects of Confucius (论语) Analects of Confucius Lun Yu‚ or the Analects of Confucius It covers a wide variety of subjects‚ ranging from politics‚ philosophy‚ literature and art to education and moral cultivation. It is indispensable material for
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It was the first inscribed in the oracle records on the bronze ritual vessels in the documents preserved by the Book of Documents. In these documents‚ jen meant kindness. The word was created my Confucius. He gave jen many meanings. The translations of jen are benevolence‚ goodness‚ and love. Jen is made of two elements: the sign meaning human and the sign meaning two. The concept of jen is always concerned with human relationships. The elements of
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are connected with a cult of the great Chinese thinker Confucius (Kun-tszy) who was living in 551 – 479 BC. After his death in Qufu (Цюйфу) near his grave was built the first temple in his memory‚ which became pilgrimage place and Chinese shrine. In the VI century according to Emperor order in honor of Confucius in every city of the country were built temples‚ where are done ritual and sacrifice. With the spread of Confucian in honor of Confucius in other countries were built temples‚ including Japan
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disagree with Confucius on the way in which to run a state? Like any scholars who might disagree with each other‚ the author of the second document‚ Han Fei (c. 230 B.C.)‚ a prominent scholar of the "legalist" school of Chinese political thought‚ and the author of the 1st document‚ Confucius (c. 500 B.C.)‚ an influential Chinese scholar of the "Summer and Autumn" period of Chinese history‚ are no different from each other. And so‚ although Han Fei would differ with Confucius on the way in
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and out of this time came thinkers like Confucius. Confucius offered a solution in the form of a system of government and state that would
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