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RELS 108: Confucianism
Age of Grand Harmony |
Opening phase of the Chou Dynasty. The best way of living. |
Period of Warring States |
How do we keep from destroying ourselves? |
Realists |
Devise laws that clearly establish what will and will not be tolerated and attach them with severe penalties to deter infractions. It could restrain misconduct, but would not change attitudes. |
Mo Ti |
Advocated the opposite of force, namely love..... But, Love needs the help of social structures and a collective ethos. |
Kung Fu Tzu |
Referred to as the First Teacher in China. Quietly taught and edited the classics of China’s past. |
The Analects |
The most important text in Confucianism |
Jen |
The ideal relationship between individuals. Diligence, courtesty, unselfishness, and empathy. |
Chun Tzu
|
A fully realized human being. The ideal attitude towards others is repect and empathy. |
Li |
Propriety (proper behavior) and Ritual (the way prescribed behavior orchestrates one's life). |
5 Constant Relationships |
A parent is to be loving, child obedient.
An elder sibling is to be gentle, younger respectful
Husbands are to be good/fair, wives understanding
Older friends are to be considerate, younger reverential.
Rulers should be benevolent, subjects loyal. |
Respect for Age |
Young tend to the old. A Chinese could look forward to being served more, and listened to more, with every passing year, and to some extent the terrors of aging would be offset |
Rectification of Names |
social roles should be defined |
Doctrine of the Mean |
a middle course between unworkable extremes, brings harmony and balance |
Wen |
the arts of peace. arts power to ennoble the human spirit. As knowledge grows so does the country. |
Self
|
__ Is the center of relationships |
Mandate of Heaven |
his right to rule - only insofar as he rules well |
Concentric Circles |
Self > family > community > nation > humanity > empathy for all things |
Confucianism as a religion? |
reverence toward Heaven (Tien) and the worship of ancestors. |
Social emphasis |
social effectiveness for getting things done on a large scale |
Negotiation/Mediation vs Litigation |
Against impersonal courts of law. Things should be worked out thru compromise. |
Success of China |
Scientific technology + social technology |