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Jen (Ren)- the Confucian virtue of humaneness. - Coggle Diagram
Jen (Ren)- the Confucian virtue of humaneness.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Shang Dynasty: The earliest Chinese dynasty associated with ancestor worship and rituals. (Website).
Zhou Dynasty: The dynasty that introduced the Mandate of Heaven and laid the groundwork for Confucian thought.(Website).
CORE FIGURES
Confucius (Kongzi)- The founder of Confucianism, emphasizing moral integrity and social harmony. (Novak, p 101).
KEY VIRTUES AND CONCEPTS
Jen (Ren)- here rendered “good” or “goodness,” is the master Confucian virtue. (Novak, p 114).
Li- Reciprocity, Loyalty, and the Golden Rule.(Novak, p 113).
Te (De)- The Political Importance of Moral Force. (Novak, p 122).
Wen- Cultural refinement, including arts, literature, and rituals.
IDEAL PERSON AND RELATIONSHIPS
Chun Tzu (Junzi)- is Confucius’s term for the person of fully evolved character, one who manifests human-heartedness. (Novak, p 115).
Five Constant Relationships-
Human individuals are cells in the social organism. Confucius emphasized attention to the five relationships and their concomitant duties as a way of underscoring this fact and of promoting shared participation in li. The duties are those between ruler and subject, between parents and children, between husband and wife, between elder sibling and younger, and those in the intercourse between friends. (Novak, p 113).
Asymmetrical- refers to the unequal but complementary nature of relationships. (Website).
Hierarchical- the structured order of relationships and society in Confucianism.(Website).
PHILOSOPHICAL CONTRASTS
Realists: Those who focus on practical governance and laws. (website).
Idealists: Those who emphasize moral principles and virtues.(website).
The Zhou Dynasty
