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Title: Confucius


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Confucius
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China before Confucius
  • The Yellow Emperor
  • Xia and Shang Dynasties
  • 2070 B.C. - 1046 B.C.
  • Zhou Dynasty
  • 1046 B.C. - 256 B.C.
  • Spring and Autumn period
  • 770 B.C. - 476 B.C.

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Confucius
  • Born in 551 B.C.
  • died in 479 B.C.

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Confucianism
  • Concerned primarily with restoring social
    stability and order
  • What is the basis of a stable, unified, and
    enduring social order?
  • a system of social and ethical philosophy
  • only when character is cultivated are our
    families regulated only when families are
    regulated are states well governed.

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Confucianism
  • li
  • rituals, norms, institutions, or mores
  • the outer, conforming aspect of Confucianism
  • ren
  • humaneness, love, kindness, benevolence, or
    virtue
  • the inner, reforming aspect of Confucianism

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Li
  • Rites, ceremonies, proper behavior, and good
    manner
  • performed in good faith, with everyone keeping to
    his or her proper role
  • universal harmony
  • no need for physical sanctions, laws, or
    punishment

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Ren
  • Relationship between "two persons
  • extension of filial piety to all human beings
  • each role in the hierarchy of social relations
    had clearly defined duties
  • reciprocity or mutual responsibility

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Five relationships
  • father-child
  • ruler-subject
  • husband-wife
  • elder brother-younger brother
  • friend-friend

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Confucianism
  • Persecuted in Qin Dynasty
  • 221 B.C. - 206 B.C.
  • promoted by later rulers

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Confucianism
  • reinforced by the civil examination system
  • keju civil examination
  • from 605 to 1905

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In todays China
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