period of Eastern Zhou‚ the age of a hundred schools. His goal was to transform the Chinese society into a state of coherence and righteous. He planned this goal was to be achieved by something called filial piety‚ devotion and service to parents‚ ancestors‚ and superiors. He found filial piety important because he believed it would make the people act moral. Another way he planned to achieve this goal was having a wise and moral leader that was able to set good examples for his people. The Analects
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Divine Intervention The belief in divine powers controlled civilian life in the ancient world. Piety‚ sacrifice‚ and complete devotion were necessary to keep these gods happy. In both ancient texts‚ The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Aeneid‚ this sort of respect and dedication to the gods is seen. Although ruling at different times‚ both kings in these epic adventures face uniquely different divine powers that have a diverse way of handling each culture. The role of the gods‚ although present in both
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The respect of the filial piety within one’s home will affect everything; like a pebble creating ripples in the water. If we are benevolent within our home‚ we shall as well show Jen in other facets of life. Those who have the right to rule‚ as not all men are created equal should therefor exhibit Ren. With Ren‚ the ruler like the ripple effect of upholding the filial piety can show Shu to his subordinates. “The rule of virtue is like the North Star
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In his book Signs from the Unseen Realm and Buddhist Miracle Tales in Early Medieval China‚ Robert Campany presents numerous account of Buddhist miracle tales from Wang Yan’s Records of Signs from the Unseen Realm. In the following four records of miraculous events‚ one can observe many elements of traditional Confucian and Daoist beliefs. In the 11th account‚ a wealthy man named Di Shichang is described to have secretly constructed an oratory in his home and made offerings of food to support
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1. In what major ways did Confucian philosophy manifest itself in Chinese society during the Ming and/or Qing dynasties? It is clear from examining the philosophical thought and social trends during both the Qing and Ming dynasties that Confucian thought and ideology had a profound effect on Chinese society and moral values during that period. Confucian philosophy is an ethical and philosophical thinking system thought to have been developed from the teachings of Kong Fuzi‚ known as Confucius who
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between 1730 and 1770; where around 100 Amish families‚ from Switzerland‚ settled in Pennsylvania. The Anabaptists were ferociously persecuted in their home country because of their religion. The effect of this was an encouragement of “simplicity and piety; which the Anabaptist already saw in the Bible” (Nolt 11). Today‚ there are over 250‚000 Amish people living in over 28 states. The “Amish come from Jakob Amman‚ who taught his followers to live non resistant lives‚ care for the community‚ work the
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“Christian outreach to slaves began at a snail’s pace. In fact‚ before the 1720’s‚ virtually nothing at all took place that is worthy of mention in a brief survey such as this one”. (Sweeney 109) (1) After reading the aforementioned quote‚ I would challenge Mr. Sweeney to do a bit more digging around the origins of slavery and conversion as well as rephrasing his statement. “Africans and African descendants working in the early modern Atlantic commercial system were exposed to the world of European
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status‚ the status of ancestors (Lazzarotti 2014:108)1. As we already mentioned‚ ancestors – as well as ghosts – still share the same living space of their descends. This fact added to the series of Confucian precepts related to the concept of filial piety or 孝xiao leaded Chinese people to the creation of elaborated and important rituals. The goal of these rituals in fact ties together the idea of strengthening
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How would you describe the condition of the Catholic Church on the eve of the Protestant Reformation? In the time right before the reformation‚ there was a mixture of corruption and piety throughout‚ so to say that the whole church was absolutely corrupt or absolutely pious would be an err. We see dramatic events such as feasts‚ pilgrimages‚ high mass and famous preachers were highly sought after‚ but regular devotions and mass were in decline. In the state of the churchmen‚ we can see that
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t is my pleasure to welcome you to the academic year that looms before us like one of the mythical lands on Odysseus’s journey: unknown‚ a little scary‚ and full of promise for the intellectual adventurer. This is the seventh year that convocation has included a lecture on Homer’s Odyssey. For parents who read the text over the summer‚ I hope to provide one focus for your conference discussion tomorrow. And as a quick aside: for those of you who haven’t quite finished‚ jump ahead to book XXII and
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