Confucianism

I am an American born Taiwanese. I was educated by my father, saying that the philosophy of our culture is the practice of Confucianism: In my life, I habitually help people. Following the instructions from my parents, I spread kindness around the world. In college, I participated an after-school activity: Recycling and Waste Management(RWM). During weeks, I rouse from sleep at 5:30 on weekends and rode a scooter to the Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation(BTCMF). With a brief period, I put…

The Chinese during the Qing dynasty followed three main philosophies; Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. The rulers were strong followers of Buddhism. However, discrimination existed heavily in the society. For example, the Manchu were not allowed to marry Han Chinese who forms the majority of the society and were considered a lower social class. Representative Confucian was the social and ethical philosophy during this era. Huang Zongxi, Wang Fuzhi, and Gu Yanwu were the three main scholars…

categorized as a country that promotes business ethics from the utmost authentic leadership to the moral development of the common worker by incorporating “codes of ethics and formal compliance programmes” (Ardichvili, Jondle, & Kowske, 2010). However, Confucianism is the primary driving force of business ethics in China that promotes the principles of “benevolence, harmony, learning, loyalty, righteousness, and humility” that relies on spoken agreements rather than written agreements…

Likewise, Confucianism promotes long term thinking, perseverance and the importance of preparing for future adversity and these cultural qualities may translate an implicit fatalism into a degree of preparedness. The relationship between human beings and nature may also…

a place for deities in Taoist thinking. Daoism has no specific founder because the religion grew out of various religious and also traditions. In Taoist thinking they do not have a God but are similar to Confucianism the absolute main difference is that Daoism is a religion, while Confucianism is merely a philosophy. My city is made up of various religions where a specific religion like Christians pray to God and have their days of worship called the Sabbath. They go to church this day to…

“China has the oldest continuously operating legal system in the world, torn between two opposing ideologies: Confucianism and legalism (China). Legalism believed that any social disorder, from scolding one’s elders to murder, should be harshly punished; from branding and tattooing to castration and cutting of the nose. As there were few official guardsmen to enforce…

The paper deals with two Chinese ancient styles of living – Daoism and Confucianism – that can be both regarded as religions and philosophies and still remain relevant in the modern world. The main objective of the essay is to define whether their concepts and attitudes towards personal and social life, nature, competition, good and evil, and reality and dreams are equal or different. In addition, the work describes the three meanings and approaches to Dao, defines the aspects of philosophical…

systems which continue to hold influence over people today, but there are two ancient beliefs which have continued to do so. These two are certainly worth mentioning and comparing: Buddhism and Confucianism. There is little room to discuss the similarities as Buddhism holds a spiritual perspective, while Confucianism holds a secular perspective. These groups began with a physically different perspective on life. To begin with, Buddhism began in Nepal, India. A noble by the name of Prince…

the great wall, and what remained of past dynasties. The kingdoms were locked together in a desperate struggle for power, their goal was to gain control of all of China. During this period of complete disunion, new philosophies such as Legalism, Confucianism and Daoism were introduced to the population. Some found refuge in these ideologies, giving them hope in the hard times they lived in. Legalists shared the belief that strict government was the key to a society's success, Confucianists…

obstinately engage the world and champion change through involvement and activism? By no means is this polarizing question new to the human condition. Over 2000 years before Candide, Chinese philosophers struggled with solving Voltaire's conundrum. Confucianism argued for the latter, believing that humans have an obligation to participate in the daily happenings of society for the purpose of creating a better one. Meanwhile, Taoism proposed the opposite, maintaining non-commitment and…