Loyalty is applicable for the social class to which most of Confucius’ students held by‚ and still do throughout history because the most important way for an aspiring young scholar to become an important official was to enter a ruler’s civil service through loyalty‚ loyalty is identical to filial piety‚ and loyalty defines one’s moral commitments as being honest and reliable to one’s surrounding social‚ cultural‚ and historical community as a whole. In later ages‚ emphasis of loyalty was often
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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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this religion became more important with the founder named Kung Fu-tzu who later became known as Confucius. He was born into poverty that helped him understand the suffering and social life of others. This mentor became the most influential philosopher in China. Moreover‚ this historic event began to develop when china was in crisis; at this time the political system was deteriorating. However‚ Confucius took advantage of the chaos to strengthen the social order and to find a way to peace and happiness
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and followers of Confucianism and Taoism have long defined the essence of harmony. Though in many ways they are different I found there is an ultimate goal in both‚ which is equilibrium in a societal role‚ piety in all rituals‚ compassion‚ and that everyone has a purpose. Confucius’ view on harmony is honored in China as a great sage of antiquity who’s writings promoted peace and harmony and good morals in family life and society in general. The Doctrine of the Mean lines out Confucius’s definition
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Religion without God The most common understanding of the word Religion is: “the service and worship of God or the supernatural‚ commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance‚ a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes‚ beliefs‚ and practices‚ a cause‚ principle‚ or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith.” (Merriam Webster’s Dictionary) According to this source‚ “many people turn to religion for comfort in a time of crisis.” Many have argued that a tradition
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[Confucianism Paper] [By; Kari L Sherwood] [University of Phoenix] Confucianism is also known as Ruism and is a very philosophical as well as ethical system. It was developed by a Chinese philosopher Confucius. Confucianism started as an ethical teaching during the Spring as well as the Autumn period‚ but later had cosmological and metaphysical elements in the Han Dynasty. After the abandonment of Legalism in China‚ Confucianism became the official ideology of the Han. There beliefs are that humans
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“humanity” in 12.22; James Legge has “True Virtue” for the first‚ and “benevolence” for the second. And in Yang Bojun’s modern Chinese translation‚ it is “仁德” in the former but just “仁” in the latter.) On to li. In some passages‚ the term refers to Ritual or the Rites‚ i.e.‚ the traditional rules and practices that governed the social‚ political and religious doings of the early Zhou elite. In a
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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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He is known in the east as K’ung Tzu or Kung Fu Tzu but in the west he is known as Confucius. Born during the depressing age known as the Warring States Period‚ Confucius grew up in a society marked with chaos and disorder. Immorality became the rule and the old traditional values were ignored. The once powerful Chou dynasty‚ a great accomplishment of the ancient Chinese civilization‚ was coming to an end. Confucius spent most of his life travelling from one state to another‚ hoping to attain his
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the same fashion. Since Confucius and Laozi don’t directly address the question of God or an afterlife and both were concerned more with the present life‚ one would think their philosophical teachings would almost mirror each other. In the case of Confucianism versus Daoism‚ it appears that their methods and goals differ in most aspects‚ especially those surrounding the origins of their religions and the rituals they adhere to in order to achieve their goals. Confucius was born in an era of war
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