beliefs. Confucianism‚ the first and most popular of the philosophies‚ embraced moral virtues and values. For example‚ it taught to respect one’s leaders‚ and for the leaders in return to be just and moral in their leadership. Confucius‚ the creator of Confucianism‚ believed that if the leaders set a good example‚ his people would follow it. It also stressed to delight in knowledge‚ delight in learning‚ to be polite‚ and to have good manners. Its teachings were recorded in the Analects. Daoism is another
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and societal ideas and beliefs. Many people devoted their life to religion during the Classical Period. In 1029 B.C.E‚ the Zhou dynasty began in China. During the latter half of the Zhou dynasty‚ Confucianism was created because of a man named Confucius. He lived roughly from 551 to 478 B.C.E. Confucianism was a system of ethics rather than worshipping or rituals. It made rulers respect its citizens and made the citizens respect other citizens. During
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Daoism: A religion hard to pin down but pervasive in influence as its ideas are found throughout Asian society and even in other religions Contrast with Confucianism which is a religion of strict social code and ethics Arose around the time of Confucius and in “competition” with and as an alternative to the structure of Confucianism Daoism is “allergic to doctrine” – Prothero Dao characteristics/beliefs; Hard to pin down as Daoists will disagree with everything; like Christians Wandering: purposeless
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are practiced. These rules‚ and practices of the belief systems develop and change over a long period of time‚ which ultimately shapes the culture of the people that choose to follow it. Some examples of belief systems are‚ Buddhism‚ Daoism‚ Hinduism and Confucianism‚ One major belief system is Hinduism. This belief system was founded in India‚ in about 1700BC. There was no specific founder of Hinduism‚ because it was created by the Aryans‚ or the nomads that moved into India. This system did not
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Religion has always played a major role in human society. From Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ Confucianism and Daoism‚ these 4 religions have something in common. They all tell a person how to live and make an ordered society. Confucianism is a Chinese religion based off of a famous philosopher-teacher named Confucius. He had taught that harmony resulted when people accepted their place in society. Throughout this essay expressions of Indian and Chinese religion and how they’re ordered societies had been
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make its place in China. Document 3 is written by an anonymous Chinese scholar and it defends the Buddhist faith from someone that is accusing it from being subordinate to Confucianism and going against the Chinese culture by not having a family. The author defends Buddhism with logic and replies that Buddhism and Confucianism cannot be compared because of how different they are from one another‚ and that goodness and wisdom would replace the value of having a family. Document 2 is written by Zhi
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state that “there no longer remains the slightest doubt in our minds that this evil should be eradicated”. In a more neutral position regarding Buddhism’s role in society‚ a scholar believed that it should be viewed with respect along with Confucianism and Daoism for all being “perfect sages” (Doc 5). Many scholars accepted the adoption of Buddhism in China. For example‚ Zhi Dun believed that whosoever followed the commandments of the Buddhist scriptures would enter Nirvana‚ achieving enlightenment
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Unit One Exam Make-up We spend our daily lives living in a civilization‚ an advanced state of society with a high level of culture‚ science‚ industry and government. Living in today’s society has set our way of life apart from the way of life from the early and advancing civilizations. Today it’s effortless to get wrapped up in our society and take for granted who and what got us to this point in time. The Early civilizations and the advancements they made built a foundation to start living
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China changed due to the creation of three distinct religions: Confucianism‚ Legalism‚ and Daoism. Followers of Confucianism followed the ideas of Confucius; he believed that people should emphasize personal virtue‚ which included a respect of tradition. Because of those ideas it converted a large population of China. During the Qin and early Han periods Legalism was introduced but never got the amount of approval that Confucianism did. Daoism on the other hand gained many higher up people because of
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English number for ? ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. Which philosophy encourages followers to concentrate on duty and humanity? Confucianism 8. Which of ancient Chinese philosophers do you think would be most popular in the world today? Explain why you chose this philosopher. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
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