Mencius

One of the most important philosopher in China called Mencius, his purpose is human nature is good, the bad things happen because the environment mislead human nature. Mencius’ purpose is my worldview as human nature. After I read the book, my opinion changed since the process of the turning of the boys from civilized society to salvagers is very natural, I start…

Towards the end of the Zhou Dynasty (1100-221 BCE), three main philosophies emerged in response to the disorder of the warring states period: Daoism, Legalism, and Confucianism. These three philosophies played a great role in the development of China and were all utilized at some point in Chinese history. Of the three, Confucism has easily been the most influential in the development of the Chinese state through history. Confucism developed almost 2,500 years ago as a social and political…

Confucianism and Buddhism are Chinese belief systems that originated from different places. Confucianism is a type of Chinese culture, taught by Confucius emphasizing love towards humanity, respecting ancestors, and maintaining peace in people’s thoughts and deeds. On the other hand, Buddhism is rather a religion, not a culture which originated from India where people follow the teachings from Buddha. In other words, Confucianism focuses on how to become a perfect man whilst Buddhism tries to…

First is Confucianism, Confucianism is a System of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by Confucius and developed by Mencius. Confucianism was founded by Master Knog, but he did not intend to find a new Religion but he did anyway. Next is Buddhism, Did you know that Buddhism is the 4th Largest Religion in the Whole World with 520 million Followers or over 7% of the World’s Population. Last is Taoism. Taoism can be also called Daoism if you did not know. Taoism is a Chinese culture that…

To begin, Ancient Greece and Han China had very distinct differences amongst their political views. For example, document 4 is a speech by Pericles to the Athenians. He spoke in favor of the democracy in Athens to show that they were better than other city-states. The city was governed by the people instead of the government, and Pericles described how laudable the structure was. Even though Pericles was from Athens, which may have caused bias, the speech shows that the first democracy was…

Ren- love, mercy, and humanity Honesty and righteousness Propriety and correct behavior Wisdom and knowledge Fidelity and sincerity Classic of Poetry, Classic of History, Classic of Rites, Classic of Changes, Spring and Autumn Annals A Chinese philosopher by the name of Confucius, developed a religion based on ethics and philosophy. Confucius grew up in a time where China was in political turmoil. There were many divided kingdoms that all fought for dominance. Many suffered starvation,…

responsibility to develop the human nature particularly for the political leaders. One is entitled to the responsibility of developing the human nature to its maximum potential where one emerges a fully realized human being which yield delights. According to Mencius, channeling the human nature starts with a development and a discipline of the mind. For a leader in the political realm, directing the human nature to attain the political goals is the most fundamental thing. This East Asian concept…

Human nature means distinguishing characteristics, such as thinking, feeling, and acting. Knowing that human nature is that I believe that human nature is both “good” and “evil”. I do not think that human nature is one or the other, “good” and “evil” make up both of them. People do things that are “evil” but they think what they are doing is “good”. Something that comes into my mind when I think about something like this is 9/11. The reason that 9/11 comes into my mind is because Bin Laden was…

models mentioned in Confucian values as well as the Mencius texts.…

Many young children have best friends, or someone who they can rely on to keep their secrets and help them in times of need. As Mencius said, ¨Friends are the siblings God never gave us.¨ Mencius is said to be the greatest follower of Confucius, one of the most well known Chinese philosophers of all time. In his quote, we can see how it truly relates to Amir and Hassan 's friendship in The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. In the book, Amir and Hassan are best friends, but Amir cares more for his…