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Three Chinese Philosophies (Confucianism (teachings (taught that men are…
Three Chinese Philosophies
Confucianism
Founder backround
Confucius
Born
5511 B.C
into a small family
family was poor
Chinese sate of Lu
his beliefs
most important things to him
order
peace
felt that everyone
had a place in society
if people were willing to accept their role
and fulfill it
there would be
harmony
peace
to accomplish this
he laid out ethics
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teachings
taught that
best government
rules through people´s ren
ren means rule through people´s natural mortality
rather than by force
teachings also taught
limit the power of rulers
taught that men are leaders
women were at the bottom
his ethical system only belonged to men
taught
importance of harmony
importance of balance
Influence
helped China
made a set of ethics
helped people follow rules
said to respect eachother
child and parents
teacher and student
boss and employe
helped China become nice
ethics are rules
tell people how to act
helped rulers rule
people were nice to rulers
people probably respected the rules
Connections to my life
supposed to be nice
don’t tease
don’t bully
we are nice by doing these things
we are taught to respect
child-parent relationships
teacher-student relationship
employe-boss relationship
these relationships mean that they usually respect eachother
What I think and feel about it
The bad
we cannot be mean to
robbers
bullies
little rules as possible
everything would be a disaster
robberies would occur often
people would not get accused of the things they did
murders
robberies
tresspassing
illegal things
The good
we respect eachother
being nice
no bullying
no teasing
compliment eachother
offer things
use manners
Daoism
Teachings
was based on Dao
Dao meant the way
people gained happiness and peace by
living in harmony
living in agreement
true harmony comes from
balancing the opposite forces of nature
Daoists belive
nature is full of opposites
life and death
light and dark
Founder Backround
Laozi
His beliefs
taught that the most important thing to do is
reject the world and desires for power
Commune with nature
Born
late 500s B.C.E
worked as an adviser
for the Zhou court
90 years when he tired of government work
decided to leave China
wrote the Dao De Jing
was 5000 characters
preached return to a simple living
What I think and fell about it
the good
we would all be selfish
there would be balance
good and evil
life and death
Connections to my life
society today
is kind of balanced
good and evil
life and death
not always selfish
Influence
encouraged rulers to rule less harshly
most important influence on the Chinese was
art
writing
thought t
Legalism
Teachings
taught that there should be punishments
punishments for people who disobey rules
gave rewards for doing good things
people criticizing would be banished
would sometimes die because of these rules
Connections to my life
have sets of laws
laws help us become a safer community
no stealing
no trespassing
there are rewards and punishments for your actions
can go to jail
community service
Founder Backround
based on the teachings of Haneifzi
born
280 to 233 B.C.E
What I think and feel about it
the good
laws can help us
help us become safer
help us respect eachother
the bad
some laws are not good for
children
legal drugs
these drugs can affect everyone’s life
adults
seniors
Influence
helped the idea of building a strong government
helped th idea of building a well organized society
adopted strict legalist ideas
made many deaths
Backround:What was happening in China
that inspired these new “ schools of thought”?
Warring States Period
lords we’re getting more powerful
over states
770 through 453 B.C.E small states quarreled with one another
eventually grouped into seven or six states
warred for power
brought China 250 years of disorder
means to fight
quarreled means to argue or fight
schools of thought were created to solve these problems
Daoism, Legalism, and Confucianism
Madden of Heaven
was the power that controlled human destiny
chose who ruled
if Kings did not rule well heaven would send signs
Floods
earthquake
if kings lost support of heaven
the citizens would have the right to overthrow him
Feudalism
Kings owned land
gave other parts to classes behind him
would be called lords
kings told the lords for something in exchange
such as soldiers
such as grain
peasants under the lords control gave grain to them