Chinese philosophy

the Thai people are Chinese or have some Chinese ancestors. The community is estimated to have been 230,000 in 1825 and 792,000 by 1910. By 1932, 12.2% of the population of Siam was Chinese (Michael). Thai Chinese are called Thai of Chinese origin who consist of Thai people of partial or full Chinese ancestry which is especially Han Chinese.…

Feng Zhi was a Chinese poet born in the 1900s who wrote “Sonnet 4”, a piece about self-discovery and and philosophical teachings. Specifically, Zhi connects his writing to the teaching of Confucius, the founder of Confucianism. Some Confucian teaching are filial piety, loyalty, discipline, nobility, righteousness, and integrity. Zhi’s words are laced with these themes and he integrates them. So on, Zhi describes filial piety. He writes, “Never failed to deserve a name; And yet you elude all…

Chelsea Schafer Humanities 10 7 October 2016 The Definition of Religion can be defined as a set of teachings and or writings that are preserved through traditions and are practiced as rituals and beliefs. They give one a compass and guidance towards life. Religion does not have to be written down, it can also be passed on through oral means. These teachings and writings include guidelines on how to perform rituals. These rituals are passed on from one generation to the next in a set of…

Robert Weller, in chapter 7 of “Chinese Religious Life,” notes that the Chinese word tian was once translated as “heaven,” but is now more commonly translated as nature. The Chinese conception of nature is unparalleled in the English language, as it encompasses “all the forces that shape the cosmos” (Weller, 125). Further, he explains that this term implicates that humans are a part of nature because humans play an integral role in the “anthropocosmic world,” a world in which the heavens and…

1. The central theme of this reading is: (Paraphrase as accurately as possible, but be sure also to indicate which chapters from the _Daodejing_ the ideas are coming from. Be sure to explain also why you see this as the central theme of the reading.) The central theme of this reading is the harmony of the universe with the Dao, in which opposites (yin and yang, heaven and earth, etc.), coexist together in order for the Way to be followed. Chapter one of the text begins by mentioning two…

roller-coaster of emotions, but some people experience more lows than highs; as a result, people have tried to find ways to increase the number of happy moments in their life. While many paths to happiness have been proposed, one of the earliest is a philosophy, based off the writing Tao Te Ching, known as Taoism. Those that follow Taoism (also known as Taoists) say they experience less stress and live a happier life. In modern American society, it is believed that a person must constantly try…

Most religions share at least some similarities. Confucianism and Daoism heavily influence each other as they originated around the same time in china, 550 B.C.E. In both religions there is no god or angels present. They both participate in worship at shrines and temples. In both religions they focus on more of the present and being fulfilled rather than an after life. Both religions teach about living a well balance life and fulfilling your role with compassion, honor and respect. As a…

Is difficult to accept the world the way it is, just as it comes. Sometimes we tend to force things to happen and in response we just create more problems, making ourselves unhappy and suffer unnecessarily. Sometimes the best thing to do is to let things go and let them take a natural curse, in order to be leaded to success, whatever that is in each of our lives. Correspondingly, Tao Te Ching and Border Town, focus on Taoism and in both the idea of wu wei is deeply express by giving meaning to…

Confucianism was one of the many ideas to come out of the “Hundred Schools of Thought.” Each intellectual way of thinking had one goal and that was to bring peace to the Warring States and unify all of China. Confucianism tried to take a very peaceful way of ending the war by making the people believe that one should follow a strict moral code. This moral code is called the ‘Junzi” or the “The Gentlemen.” The junzi was meant to have men act good towards one another by insuring that it was the…

sacrifices and ceremonies. Ancient China was a multi-religion society, Taoism and Buddhism had always been its two most influential beliefs. The religious outlook of most Chinese people consisted of combination of beliefs and practices from these two traditions and so they believed in a wide range of gods and goddess. The Ancient Chinese were not restricted to following just one of these beliefs. In fact, many people adopted the principles of all three and applied them to different aspects of…