Daoism & Confucianism, realism & eastern thoughts.

Daoism & Confucianism, realism & eastern thoughts. Alexis Burton A4

Confucianism • Chinese ethical and philosophical system developed from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. • complex system of moral, social, political, philosophical, and quasi-religious thought that has had tremendous influence on the culture and history of East Asia. • Countries and cultures strongly influenced by Confucianism include mainland China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Vietnam, as well as various territories settled predominantly by Chinese people such as Singapore. • In Confucianism, human beings are teachable, improvable and perfectible through personal and communal Endeavour especially including self-cultivation and self-creation. • Confucianism is the cultivation of virtue and the development of moral perfection.

Confucianism • Confucianism holds that one should give up one's life, if necessary, either passively or actively, for the sake of upholding the cardinal moral values of ren and yi. • Humanity is the core in Confucianism. • The sacred books of Confucius were not written by him. They were written by his students. • Another key Confucian concept is that in order to govern others one must first govern oneself. • The main basis of Confucius teachings was to seek knowledge, study, and become a better person.

Daoism • one of the two great indigenous philosophical traditions of China. • Daoism encompasses thought and practice that sometimes are viewed as philosophical, as religious, or as a combination of both. • focus on understanding the nature of reality, increasing their longevity, ordering life morally, practicing ruler ship, and regulating consciousness and diet. • there was no Daoism before the literati of the Han dynasty (c. 200 BCE)

Daoism • In the Taoist view of sexuality the body is viewed as a positive asset, and mind and body are not set in contrast or opposition with each other. • Tao Te Ching, or Daodejing, is widely regarded to be the most influential Taoist text. It is a foundational scripture of central importance in Taoism purportedly written by Lao Tzu sometime in the 3rd or 4th centuries BCE • The main person that founded Daoism, was named Laozi.

realism & Eastern thoughts

Realism and eastern thought

Q & A • Q:Who was the founder of Confucianism? • A: Confucius. • Q: Who was Confucius? • A: Confucius was said to be lowly and poor, he sought to revive the perfect virtue of Huaxia (Chinese civilization) and the classical properties of the Western Zhou Dynasty to build a great, harmonious and humanistic society. Known as a philosopher. • Q: what was the Confucius philosophy? • A: His philosophy emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. • Q: When was Confucius born? And when did he die? • A: traditionally September 28, 551 BC – 479 BC.

Q & A • Q: What countries/cultures were strongly influenced by Confucianism? • A: mainland China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Vietnam, as well as various territories settled predominantly by Chinese people, such as Singapore. • Q: why did Confucius have such an amazing footprint on the Asian culture? • A: Because his vision of personal and social perfections was framed as a revival of the ordered society of earlier times, Confucius is often considered a great proponent of conservatism, but a closer look at what he proposes often shows that he used (and perhaps twisted) past institutions and rites to push a new political agenda of his own: a revival of a unified royal state, whose rulers would succeed to power on the basis of their moral merits instead of lineage; these would be rulers devoted to their people, striving for personal and social perfection. Such a ruler would spread his own virtues to the people instead of imposing proper behavior with laws and rules.

Q & A • Q: What is Daoism? • A: compassion, moderation, and humility, while Taoist thought generally focuses on nature the relationship between humanity and the cosmos health and longevity, and wu wei (action through inaction), which is thought to produce harmony with the Universe. In general, Taoist propriety and ethics place an emphasis on the unity of the universe, the unity of the material world, and the spiritual world, the unity of the past, present and future • Q: what are the principles of Daoism? • A: Taoist theology emphasizes various themes found in the Daodejing and Zhuangzi, such as naturalness, vitality, peace. “non-action" (wu wei, or 'effortless effort'), emptiness (refinement), detachment, flexibility, receptiveness, spontaneity, the relativism of human ways of life, ways of speaking and guiding behavior.

Q & A • Q: where is Daoism mostly excepted? • A: China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Singapore. • Q: When did it basically star? • A: there was no Daoism before the literati of the Han dynasty (c. 200 BCE) • Q: Who is the founder of Daoism? • A: Laozi is traditionally regarded as the founder of Taoism and is closely associated in this context with "original", or "primordial“. the common belief is that a teacher named Laozi founded the school and wrote its major work, called the Daodejing, also sometimes known as the Laozi.

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Citations • http://www.trinity.edu/rnadeau/chinese%20religions/Confucianism%20and%20Taoism.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius • http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=468&Itemid=206 • http://www.sacred-texts.com/cfu/index.htm

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