Chinese society has significantly changed over time through the collapse of dynasties, wars, and political reforms. With each new generation comes forth their own specific values that can determine the degree of change in their society, one of these values is Confucianism. The core of Confucianism remains strong throughout China’s history for the last two millennia despite the collapse and revival throughout history. Looking back at the Maoist era today, despite the Communist ideology, one can see the lasting influence and correlation of Confucian ideals and beliefs for China’s government, family, and education.
What was Confucian impact upon government, family, and education? With the rise of the Chinese Communist Party, what kind of political …show more content…
At the time society faced political struggle, moral and ethical chaos, and intellectual conflict; Confucius teaching was to put Chinese’s society back on track. His philosophies and moral ideals are based on the core principle of humanism or embodying human behavior. It’s incorporate within the Doctrine of the Mean which was the doctrine of Confucianism and also one of the Four Books1 (core values and beliefs of Confucian philosophy). The doctrine serve as a guideline to become a superior man or Junzi translated as “gentleman.” A superior man was essential during traditional China, because men had higher authority and were head of the household. In addition, beside of the doctrine of mean, all of Confucius’s work was documented in “The Analects” or known as the Analects of Confucius which means the ideas contributed between Confucius and his followers throughout history. The main goal is educating people to be self-motivated and to make people become more responsible in order to cultivate a better society. However, throughout the two millenniums the ideas of Confucius was challenged over time. The philosophy remains the same, but the Confucian concepts were …show more content…
All of this improve the life expectancy of newer generation, but what about the older generation? Within Confucian ethic of filial piety the subordinate within the family are to help and care the elders. According to Bell, a political theorist; he stated that, “Elderly widows and widowers without children should have full health insurance covered by the state.”7 This was a bad case especially during the One-Child Policy8 enforcement where the child is taking care of four parents (the grandparents and parents) without the help of siblings. Another condition toward the One-Child Policy that change the virtues of filial piety is the birth control. In Yan book, Private Life Under Socialism, “In Xiajia village, a fine of 700 yuan was imposed on any couple who had a second child after 1980” (Yan 2003, 193). In addition, there were female sterilization campaign as another form of controlling the birth rate. This created a lot of tension within the village, especially for those whose goals are to have as many children as
What was Confucian impact upon government, family, and education? With the rise of the Chinese Communist Party, what kind of political …show more content…
At the time society faced political struggle, moral and ethical chaos, and intellectual conflict; Confucius teaching was to put Chinese’s society back on track. His philosophies and moral ideals are based on the core principle of humanism or embodying human behavior. It’s incorporate within the Doctrine of the Mean which was the doctrine of Confucianism and also one of the Four Books1 (core values and beliefs of Confucian philosophy). The doctrine serve as a guideline to become a superior man or Junzi translated as “gentleman.” A superior man was essential during traditional China, because men had higher authority and were head of the household. In addition, beside of the doctrine of mean, all of Confucius’s work was documented in “The Analects” or known as the Analects of Confucius which means the ideas contributed between Confucius and his followers throughout history. The main goal is educating people to be self-motivated and to make people become more responsible in order to cultivate a better society. However, throughout the two millenniums the ideas of Confucius was challenged over time. The philosophy remains the same, but the Confucian concepts were …show more content…
All of this improve the life expectancy of newer generation, but what about the older generation? Within Confucian ethic of filial piety the subordinate within the family are to help and care the elders. According to Bell, a political theorist; he stated that, “Elderly widows and widowers without children should have full health insurance covered by the state.”7 This was a bad case especially during the One-Child Policy8 enforcement where the child is taking care of four parents (the grandparents and parents) without the help of siblings. Another condition toward the One-Child Policy that change the virtues of filial piety is the birth control. In Yan book, Private Life Under Socialism, “In Xiajia village, a fine of 700 yuan was imposed on any couple who had a second child after 1980” (Yan 2003, 193). In addition, there were female sterilization campaign as another form of controlling the birth rate. This created a lot of tension within the village, especially for those whose goals are to have as many children as