Analects

Chinese legend says that five thousand years ago Chinese society was founded by many rulers. Fu Xi introduced family life as well as hunting, fishing, and the domestication of animals to China. His successor, Shen Nong was supposedly the one who brought agriculture to the Chinese people. Finally, Huang Di is credited for having created the Chinese writing system as well the bow and arrow. The things that all three mythical founders created represent some of the core values still held in China to…

Confucianism and Daoism as Traditions Religion has been one of the deepest-rooted traditions in societies from all across the world. The continent of Asia is no different. One of the largest and most religiously diverse countries in Asia is China. Among the plethora of diverse religions are the contrasting faiths of Confucianism and Daoism. While China and all of Asia have many different religions, these cultures do not adopt the Western idea of sectarian religion where each religion is…

values are intertwined with each other, and are explored and manifested in Confucian doctrines concerning human nature and destiny, family relationships and virtues, community norms (...).” (Yao,5). Confucianism is followed up by four books, “-Lun Yu (Analects) of Confucius Chung Yung (Doctrine of the Mean), Ta Hsueh (Great Learning), Meng Tzu (Mencius)” (Religionfacts.) and five classics, “Shu Ching (Classic of History) - collection of documents and speeches dating from the Later Han Dynasty…

heavy proliferation. While not many of these images remain due to their fragile nature, the few that are still relatively intact exhibit an amazing insight into the lives of their subjects. There is little mention of visual art or painting in the analects, but with Confucius’ thoughts on music being so positive, one can safely assume that he would have at least looked upon the visual arts as favorably as he did the auditory. In A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy the author Wing-Tsit Chan tells…

1. In what sense are the two notions of Yin and Yang fundamental to the understanding of Chinese religions? According to Mark Cartwright, the Yin and Yan are fundamental to the understanding of Chinese religions because it explains the Chinese principle that all things exist as inseparable and contradictory opposites, for example, day and night, male and female or hot and cold. The two opposites attract and complement each other and, as their symbol illustrates, each side has at its core an…

Flavio Faria g14f0364 1) 3 Chinese major schools .1)Confucianism: This school was created from the teachings of the sage Confucius, and gathered in the Analects of Confucius. It is an arrangement of good, social, political, and semi religious thought, whose impact likewise spread to Korea andJapan. The major Confucian ideas incorporate humankind or sympathy like the idea of the Mandate of Heaven, reliability and that of dutiful devotion. It presented the rule of basically regarding…

The concept of “self” and “society” has played an integral role in the shaping of history. Among various world traditions, the ways in which the concepts of “self” and “society” vary from culture to culture in how they are defined and interrelated. Each society places varying levels of emphasis on the ideals of individual achievement and societal good. These traditions promote specific values and “behaviors” to attain such. Three world traditions which have conceptualized the defining features…

In Ancient China, during the tumultuous Warring States period, government leaders surrounded themselves with advisors, similar to medieval courts and modern cabinets. These advisors espoused their beliefs on how governments should operate, but more importantly, how leaders should act. Two seemingly diametrically opposed schools of thought rose to prominence: Confucianism popularized by Kongzi and Mengzi, and Legalism promoted by Han Feizi and Li Si. Although each camp acknowledged a hierarchical…

In fact, filial piety is considered to be the root of all the other values. From a Confucian point of view, filial piety marks the starting point of virtue while humaneness is the primary goal (Yao, 2000). From the analects “few of those who are filial sons and respectful brothers will show disrespect to superiors, and there has never been a man who is respectful to superiors and yet creates disorder’ (Yao, 2000). A superior man is considered to be committed to the…

Zhang does point out in the story that women disregarding Confucian rules led to them ruining the lives of men. Zhang says, “Women either destroy themselves or destroy someone else…if she were to meet someone with wealth and position, she would use the favor her charms gain her to be cloud and rain or dragon or monster…” (Zhen 76). This means that a woman could flirt with a man in order to get what she wanted. She could be nice and beneficial for a man like rain helps the earth. However, she can…