Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Jen (run), Eastern: capital moved to Luoyang; political power of Zhou was…
Jen (run)
principle of benefit and order; guide to human action; general principle of social order and of life; guide to human relationships and rules of proper action that embody jen; Confucius recognized that a well ordered society is needed for jen
-
-
Zhou Dynasty
power of moral example; government is good if it can maintain economic and military sufficiency and the confidence of its people
Realists- one of the Schools of Thought; wanted to provide solutions to the warring states; believed people can be untrustworthy and therefore the only solution is to have laws and government enforcement
Idealists- one of the Schools of Thought; wanted to provide solutions tot he warring states; believed that everyone should be loved universally
translated to benevolence and goodness; what makes man human; what makes life worth living; other virtues follow from jen; a sense of dignity for the human life; it is believed jen can be obtained; the first principle of Confucianism is to act according to jen (ultimate guide to human action)
-
-
-
Confucius- teacher to sons of nobility during a time when formal education had just begun; wanted to be an advisor to a powerful ruler as it was believed that such a ruler would create the ideal world with the right advice; believed heaven and the afterlife were beyond a human's capacity to understand; taught an attitude of respect towards all, especially teachers, elders, and parents 
Eastern: capital moved to Luoyang; political power of Zhou was declining; divided into the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring Period; Confucius lived at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, pushed for the restoration of the western Zhou period
Western: capital moved to Xian; establishment of many regional states; these states spread a unified culture through the north; small states were competing for power; during this time School of Thought emerged
-
-
-
-
-
Tian/ Heaven- the ultimate physical power, more powerful than any god
-
-