Mencius

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 (23-220 CE), Shih Ching (Classic of Odes) - collection of 300 poems and songs from the early…

Confucianism and Christianity: A Tale of Two Traditions In this paper, I will examine the traditions and views of human nature of Confucianism and Christianity, as presented in the provided class readings and from my personal experience. I will also discuss the problems, perks, and any questions I have with each of the traditions. I will assert that both traditions are valid belief systems, but I am slightly more comfortable with the Christian tradition. My conclusion is that…

us. More than any other individual, Aristotle reveres happiness as a focal reason for human life and a goal in itself. Thus he commits more space to the theme of happiness than any scholar before the advanced period. Living amid the same period as Mencius, however on the opposite side of the world, he reaches some comparative determinations. That is, happiness relies on upon the development of virtue; however his virtues are to some degree more individualistic than the basically social virtues…

and following the rule of the family. One example that clearly shows the rule of Confucianism is “chulgawoein”, which means a married woman is no longer the part of the family as she would be immediately included in her husband’s family. In Book of Mencius, written by Mencius’s disciples, explicitly states: When a young man comes of his age of 20 as an adult, his father gives him advice; when a girl marries, her mother gives her advice, and accompanies her to the door with these cautionary…

Confucianism played a significant role in shaping the political and social structure of the traditional Chinese society of the imperial period of Chinese history. It is not easy to define Confucianism because there are noticeable differences and sometimes contradictions among the phases of Confucianism. Rather than to say Confucianism arose unexpectedly, it arose in response to the status quo of society. At different periods of time, Confucianism established relative order, unified the minds of…

Our world is constantly changing and with that comes the creation of new and unique religions. Throughout the fall semester our World Religions class has studied several of the most common religions that are still practiced in the world today. The two religions that I have found to be particularly interesting are Judaism and Confucianism. Judaism was one of the religions that we had previously learned about in class. Confucianism on the other hand, is a religion that was not taught in class, but…

also points out that human have no duty to treat animals as human since they are not able to make moral decision and this is the requirment of being the member of moral society.And the similar idea can be found in Chinese Philosophy. According to Mencius,human is different with beasts since human have the possibility of become moral. It is found that many philosophers think that animals are different with human because they have no morality and self-conscious. Animals have no idea of having…

Origins of Philosophy What is “stuff” made of? From where and from whom does “stuff” come into existence? These were most likely the types of questions the very first philosophers of the West asked. 6th century BCE is estimated to be the time when early Greek philosophers began to take the first steps forward to questioning topics that were often noted as dogmatic (Stumpf 3). Western philosophy took questions about the universe, world, and everything inside of it and searched for a reasonable…

1. How did growing social and gender hierarchies and expanding networks of trade increase the complexity of human society in the Neolithic period? In the Neolithic period of human civilization, societal developments like agricultural revolution led to social ranking or "hierarchies" and patriarchal favor. The latter customs became increasingly integrated into the daily ways of men and women as plow agriculture dominated human ways of life. As This period of agricultural renaissance and trade…

The gap in academic achievement in our education system is as hard to solve as the income inequality. In fact, researches have shown that income inequality and family background are two main factors of the problem. Many have suggested that improving public education as well as encouraging parents to invest in their children’s pre-school experience should help them catch up with their wealthy peers. However, we have been improving schools for decades, and yet the gap this still continuing to grow…