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Three Chinese Philosophies (Confucianism (Lasted 551 to 479 BC, "The…
Three Chinese Philosophies
Legalism
4th important school of teaching
What I think about it
Its Good
Its Bad
Rulers made 3 ideas
The Control
People need control or else they become lazy
morality is not important in Legalism
The Legitimacy
Is the position of the ruler
Is not the ruler himself and holds the power.
Is the central governing idea of the Qin Dynasty
Chinese philosophers and political thinkers
view toward Legalism blaming it is a totalitarian society.
Chinese scholars believe a reaction against legalism
It gave Chinese Imperial politics its personalistic and moralistic flavor.
historical records come from Confucian scholars that are under the Qin.
The Law
Is clearly written and made public
People below the ruler follow it
Laws should reward those who obey them
In Zhou Dynasty
law was loosely written,was based on social classes
punish severely those who dare to break them
If there wasn't a ruler, the law would be the ruler
ceased to be an organized school of thought
Taoism (sometimes called Daoism)
Is a Asian philosophy and religion
"A way of life"
It means "Way" or "Path"
Dao
Is the natural order of things
Is a force that flows through every living or sentient object
Flows though the entire universe
Is a tradition that has its traditional foil Confucianism that shaped Chinese life
Lasted more the 2000 years
Daoism places emphasis individual freedom and spontaneity
non-interventionist government
social primitivism and ideas of self-transformation
Confucian concern with individual moral duties
community standards
governmental responsibilities
Had 3 source
The most famous
The book of mystical aphorisms, the 'Dao De Jing'
The older contemporary of Confucius(and the third)
The works of the philosopher Zhuang Zi
The oldest
The mythical 'Yellow Emperor"
Confucianism
Lasted 551 to 479 BC
"The School of the Scholars"
It Is also called Taiwan
In the 6th–5th century BCE
Extended to other countries like Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.
Sometime a philosophy or as a religion
Has living entails for ancestor reverence and a profound human-centred religiousness.
Has religious affiliations
Has a influence on spiritual and political life
Was a organized religion
2,000 years served as the source of inspiration
Background: What was happening in China that inspired these new "Schools of thought"
Feudalism
The king would own all the land
Gave large lands to "lords"
In exchange lords would give the king soldiers to fight
Lords were rulers of there own lands or states
Had power over people who worked on the land(peasants)
Peasants had the lords protection
In return of crops
Mandate of Heaven
Heaven is a power that control human destiny
The king was the son of heaven
If he treated the people well he would keep the right to rule
If he didn't treat the people well heaven would give sighs of displeasure
Earthquakes and Floods
If the king lost support of heaven
Other had the right to overthrow him
Warring States Period
Part of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty.
Lasted 403 BC to 221 BC
Was in the Spring and Autumn Period
Time of great division within China
divided in to many small kingdoms