The Highest Good Is Like Water In the eighth chapter of Laozi’s Daodejing‚ there is a famous saying‚ “The highest good is like water.” In my opinion‚ water has three main characteristics: flowing downhill‚ purifying dirt and benefiting everything without contending‚ which are also possessed by the highest good. Water always flows downhill and so does the highest good. Water is always in accordance with its natural tendency—flowing downhill by gravity. During the flowing period‚ it evaporates
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Confucianism Beliefs: • One of Conficius’s most important tenets was respect for different family members and reverent treatment for the elder members of any society or group. • He simply wanted to instruct others in his ideas and help them behave morally. • Confucius wanted his fellow men to be upright and honorable‚ and to uphold the standards of behavior that had distinguished the Chinese empire in years past. • Confucius encouraged moderate behavior‚ thought‚ and action; • He asked all
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Confucianism places a great deal of emphasis on the family‚ viewing all human relationships and institutions as patterned after or based on its model. Confucian familism stands in sharp contrast to the strong individualism traditionally associated with capitalism and liberal democracy. It has also been proven that Confucianism has not been an obstacle on the road to industrialization and capitalist development‚ if needed it has contributed in a positive fashion. For many in Confucian families
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Ⅰ.Introduction A. Thesis There are so many different philosophies and religions‚ and they greatly influence people’s life. In this paper‚ I am going to introduce and define the representatives of the Western philosophy such as Plato’s metaphysical Dualism and Chinese philosophy like Daoism. And I am going to compare these philosophies and explain the difference between them. Ⅱ. Dualism A. Explain Plato’s metaphysical Dualism Plato’s Dualism divided the reality into two different realms of existence
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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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Tao Tzu and Confucius heavily agree on the social life‚ but their political views are different in terms of the use of the law in regulating the ruled and the education as a concept for knowledge acquisition. In Lao Tzu’s view of politics‚ all desires are shaped unnaturally‚ and behavior is spontaneously formed and controlled. Laozi advocated for the little interference of the normal way things happen in the world and discouraged competition and arguing. He stressed much on self-knowledge as the
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Informative Essay Did you know that the Chinese consider their handwriting an art form? Their handwriting wasn’t the only thing that affected Ancient Chinese art though. Chinese art was also greatly affected by religion at the time. Another factor that was important to Chinese Art was literature. Additionally‚ location was as well a very important component to how art was produced in Ancient China. Chinese Art had several components that had affected their art significantly‚ which led to how art
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Sample DBQ paragraphs: Directions: Read the THREE sample introductory paragraphs and choose the one that makes the most sense to you. You may use one of them in your essay if you have not been able to come up with one of your own. Also below is a
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Jixiang Huang Compare and Contrast Essay Although Confucianism and Daoism were both developed during the era of the Warring states in China and both were practiced by most officials in the government at the same time‚ Confucianism and Daoism were developed for different reasons and addresses separate problems during the Warring states era. Confucianism started as the compilation of the teachings of a single low level official known as Kong Fuzi. Confucianism was developed as a way for government
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Pre-Axial Chinese Religion Did not develop religion as a separate realm of human concern Rites‚ rituals‚ ethics that bound the Chinese people were cultural phenomena (daily routine) Chinese approach toward ultimate reality stressed NATURE No clear creator outside nature Chinese thought always emphasized people (family and community) Peasant Heritage Numerous festivals timed by agricultural calendar Politically: single empire; emperor until 1911 Language diversity (Mandarin in north and Cantonese
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