Religion and Philosophy China and Japan

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Religion and Philosophy China and
Japan

• Objective 2.05

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Confucianism

• Founder Confucius
• Lived during the Zhou Dynasty
• Is not a religion
• Is a way of behaving

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• Means social code of behavior
• Very strict and rigid code of behavior
• Everything had to be done in a certain way
• Today the Chinese celebrate his birthday
  (Teachers Day)

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• Excerpt from The Analects of Confucius 400 B.C.E
• Do not do unto others what you would not want
  others to do to you
• If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this
  is called a mistake

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Taoism

• Founder Lao Tzu
• Not sure if he actually existed
• Name means Old Wisdom

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• Tao is both the ultimate source and principle of
  order in the universe.
• Tao has two components, yin and yang.
• Taoism regards moral values as relative and
  avoids absolute moral judgments.

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• Taoism literature says nothing about the
  afterlife and depicts death as one of natures
  transformations from one state to another.
• Humans are part of the grand harmony of nature
  and to live in accord with the Tao is the only
  way to thrive.

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Shintoism

• At one point the national religion of Japan
• Way of the Gods
• Loyalty to familiar ways of life and familiar
  places

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• Worship of Kami- spirits
• More emphasis is placed on fitting into this
  world rather than worrying about the afterlife

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