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Confucianism and Daoism. Charles An. Confucius. Lived between 550 BCE and 480 BCE From the state of Lu Member of the shi elite Became a teacher. Confucius’s Teachings. Human relationships Family 5 Great Relationships Follow your Role Ritual. Above is Confucius teaching his students.
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Confucianism and Daoism Charles An
Confucius • Lived between 550 BCE and 480 BCE • From the state of Lu • Member of the shi elite • Became a teacher
Confucius’s Teachings • Human relationships • Family • 5 Great Relationships • Follow your Role • Ritual Above is Confucius teaching his students.
Warring States Period • Violating the proper ritual. • Rectification of Names • The Junzi Map of China from the “Warring States” period.
Confucius Death • Died around 480 BCE • Mencius
Daoism • Laozi • Zhuangzi • Names were not important Above is a drawing of Confucius and Laozi meeting. We don’t know if it’s true, but Confucius and Laozi had a debate and Laozi made Confucius look like something of a child.
Zhuangzi • Zhuangzi’s concepts • Famous story of a dream
Laozi's ideal society • Ordered society • In some ways resonates quite nicely with that of Confucianism; but in other ways, it is very different. Drawing of Laozi
Wei • Hard to translate • Basically means “don’t do it” • Go with the natural flow of things “Wu wei” is the Daoist principal of non-action. Just go with the flow of things.
Confucianism and Daoism • Ideas that emerge during the Warring States period. • Two ways of thinking about restoring a proper order and the nature of that order would be The symbols of Confucianism and Daoism. The top one is Confucianism and the bottom one is Daosim.