Similarities Between Confucianism And Ancient China

Confucianism is also a philosophical religion that is based on the beliefs as well as ideas of a Chinese philosopher named Confucius, which lived in or around the time of 551 or 479 B.C. (Cline, 2017). The values and ideas of the religion Confucianism started in the times of the Western Zhou dynasty in China. This religion was the most important force in the Chinese culture. Like Taoism, Confucianism has also influenced art, as well as other areas, such as education, government, literature, personal behavior, as well as philosophy (Cline, 2017).

Thesis: Chinese Confucianism and Roman Christianity are similar in both set key principles adopted by governments and both were created by leaders who taught by lesson yet different in that Confucianism was promoted by the government whereas political leaders in Rome strongly opposed Christianity.

Confucianism and Daoism are both chinese religions. They both incorporated religious practices with daily activities in a way that it pertained to philosophy as well as religion, making the secular sacred. Confucianism was grounded in ethics and virtuous socio-political conditions. Daoism, also known as Taoism, sought to establish the proper relation between humans and the cosmos through discernment of the Tao, or Way. Confucianists are more concerned with social relationships and Taoism is of a more broader nature and more mystically oriented and more philosophical. They both focused on relationships that humans had with each other as well as the relationships that humans had with nature. They were atheistic in a sense that they had no

As the dominant philosophical school for around two thousand years in Chinese imperial history, Confucianism is always regarded as the most representative ideology of China, associated with numerous books, poems, artworks and stories that glorify Confucianism’s permeation into every corner of Chinese society. However, before Han Wudi, Confucianism was only one of those competing philosophical schools founded in Spring and Autumn period. During the Warring States period and Qin dynasty, Legalism took place of all other philosophical schools

One of the most influential people during classical China was Confucius and his belief system of Confucianism. There are many reasons why Confucianism rose among the other belief systems to become one of the superior and most widespread in classical China. First and most obviously, Confucianism made its success with the birth of Confucius in 551 BCE who is the author and creator of all the content in Confucianism. More seriously now, knowing the fact that Confucius and Confucianism was created during the Zhou dynasty the reasons for Confucianism at that time seemed mandatory. During the Zhou dynasty, the Chinese government was incredibly weak due to the numerous betrayals and the instability of the alliance system created by the Zhou leaders.

Confucianism has impacted many East Asian countries outside of China throughout the ages. Korea and Japan spent a period of time culturally and politically under the influence of China, which brought Confucianism to these countries. The ideas that were brought to these countries definitely impacted the way that their society treated the essence of life. When looking at the countries today, it is apparent that traces of Confucianism are still present in their societies. The importance of Neo-Confucianism during the Edo era in Japan and the Choson Dynasty in Korea are seen through the five key relationships, women, marriages, and education.

Confucianism developed from the period of Hundred Schools of thought. It was widely acknowledged throughout most of the great empires in ancient China and was even adopted as the official school in Han Dynasty. Even though social and political structures have changed dramatically since then, Confucianism still has great influence over East Asia. This paper focus on lasting legacies of Confucianism in five aspects, which are family model, proper order, government model, elite regulation and political economy. These legacies form fundamental social values of ancient China and they continue affecting people’s perceptions in East Asia.

It was during the former Han Dynasty period that Confucianism developed from being the teachings of a few scholars at the end of the Chou period, to becoming the philosophy of the government. This had set Confucianism to become the dominating feature of Chinese culture and to affect a large portion of humanity. Consequently, it is interesting to determine how and why the implementation of Confucianism came about during Han China. During the Han dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.) this classical Confucian core was effectively synthesized with elements of what had originally been competing schools of thought, most notably the cos­mological speculations of the Yin-Yang and Five Agents philosophies. (Press)

The Chinese traded with many countries in the eastern world. They traded all over the eastern part of the world and traded jewelry, rice, silk, but the most important trading supply was knowledge. Word came from India about Buddhism. And since then, buddhism has developed into one of the most fascinating and popular religions in China. A Buddhists temple is called a stupa. The Chinese made another version called a Pagoda, The pagoda is a towerlike temple, and it was usually made with stone, brick, or wood. The silk road had many roads intertwining. It was called the silk road because Chinese used silk as a trading supply, and many traders thought it was a wonderful material. During a battle, the Romans were so surprised when they saw silk,

Mencius and Xunzi, who both lived during the end of the Zhou Dynasty, were powerful advocates who influence the teachings of Confucianism that still lingers in China to this day. Confucianism is a philosophical ideal way of reality that inspires an integrity mindset. These principles were taught and created by man a name Confucius. To be more detailed, Confucianism stood on three pillars, Ren, Li and Xiao. Ren is the principle of human’s behavior of kindness that makes man distinctively human which gives us our humanity. Li is principle of gain, organization, propriety which guides humans specially in society leaders in their actions. Xiao is principle of piety, respecting those who in authority over you, particularly the Elders in one’s family.

Confucianism had gradually developed the dominant ideology in ancient China since Emperor Wu during the Han Dynasty. According to Ebrey, Emperor Wu recognized many aspects of Confucianism, such as Confucian self-restraint, filial piety, and ritual, were beneficial to the long-term rule, therefore, the Confucianism became the classical thought of ruling class and (Ebrey 80). Confucianism has entered into political realm from more ideological

China, as a communist country discredits Confucius, who is associated with all things old, commonly.

So to begin some context, Confucius was born in 551 B.C.E. as far as the books say, to a class of society that despite being noble had fell upon hard times. (Yu-lan, 1952, P.43) All thinkers during this time-the warring states- were looking back to an imagined golden age, when China was a unified empire, the people were at peace, and people knew and followed the Way or Dao. Most thinkers of this time looked to achieve this once again. (Yu-lan, 1952, p.43)

Confucianism is a way of life propagated by the Chinese philosopher Confucius in the 6th–5th century BCE, and it has been followed by the Chinese for more than 2000 years. Although Confucianism as changed over time, at its core, it is still places the same emphasis on the substance of learning, the source of values, and the social code of the Chinese. Additionally, the influence of Confucianism has extended to other countries such as Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.

In order to start at the very core of the problem with the Qin, one must look into Confucianism. Confucius, known as Master Qiu or “Our Master Kong,” lived during the Spring and Autumn Period of the Zhou Dynasty from 551-479 B.C.E. He was born in Lu in Eastern China of low nobility, but educated. During this time, war was imminent. He spent a time during his life traveling from state to state helping, and became employed by rulers who shared his view and perspective of life.