Confucian

In thinking about the Confucian Analects, one can come to a great many conclusions or interpretations regarding the meaning of each passage within his “Confucian Classics”. Given the historical context and background in which Confucian ideals were created during, there is one particular set of notions in which the authors hoped that a society would derive from this literary masterpiece. Within this essay, my attempt is to provide a detailed evaluation of one of the passages of the Analects, from

Confucian have a great influence in East Asia especially in China. Confucian is proposed by a famous philosopher and Saint Confucius in thousands years ago. Confucian becomes a philosophy, religion and even a way of lifestyle among people in East Asia. “If we were to characterize in one word the Chinese way of life for the last two thousand years, the word could be ‘Confucian’.”(Yao 1) Confucian’s six concepts including ren, virtue, family, harmony, knowledge, action, and ontologies deeply affects

took him in and cared for him. Soon, she became an ideal Confucian woman and led him back to great wealth in power by helping him learn “the five texts” and making sure he was ready to take the Civil Serves Examination. Even though Miss Li was not what most Chinese call a proper woman, later became an ideal Confucian woman and wife by following the Admonitions for Women and the Analects for Women. One-way Miss Li became an Ideal Confucian woman is with her humility. After finding the young man in

A focus on differences in Western and Confucian value may have variations in values within cultures and the changes of Chinese American women. This essay compared Xuxi’s novel That man in our lives and Typical American by Gish Jen. Take a closer look to observe the variation in Confucian value among Chinese American woman. How they challenge to their Confucian values after they received American consumer culture. When the Industrial Revolution made mass consumption possible in the US, consumerism

Worthy Emperor, I have respectfully considered the system of rewards and punishments in Confucian society and I present my thoughts concerning this subject. According to Confucian principles, punishments and rewards should only be used when the situation warrants it. It is important that all people understand the moral consequences of their actions. The Master said, “Guide them by edicts, keep them in line with punishments, and the common people will stay out of trouble but will have no sense

In a Confucian society gender inequality begins at birth; boys are treated better than girls. For example after a boy is born he is placed on a table while a female is placed on the ground and is allowed to play with spools (Shin 190). These actions of gender inequality reinforced the Confucian ideals of women being lesser then men and diligently work within the confines of the home. Gender segregation did not stop with physical separation and continued on with the education of the noble children

In this video, Botton introduced some good Confucian virtues for audiences, but it also has some strange opinions that will not get the approval of audiences. For example, “let the ruler be a ruler, the subject a subject, a father a father and a son a son” (3:12), Confucius said in the ancient time. The virtue means that people need to obey the strict social class because the society is made up by it. The author directly states that the modern society should learn Confucius’ thought by introducing

score of 20 is a collectivistic society. This means that the “We” is important, people belong to in-groups (families, clans or organisations) who look after each other in exchange for loyalty. Here we can also see the second key principle of the Confucian teaching: The family is the prototype of all social organizations. A person is not primarily an individual; rather, he or she is a member of a family. Children should learn to restrain themselves, to overcome their individuality so as to maintain

A Critique of Confucian Morality For many centuries, Confucianism has been widely revered by the Chinese for its emphasis on morality. Confucius, who lived from 551 to 479 BCE, is different to most philosophers in that he showed no interest questioning his existence, the possibility of a God, or the reality that he seemed to live in; instead he focused on the human relations side of philosophy as it was his belief that people should “give (themselves) earnestly to the duties due to men …

Ashley Beteta Professor Lee Seung Ah Korean 40, Discussion 1B 10 December 2015 A Need for the Revival of Confucian Ethics South Korea’s education system has been viewed as a success as 93% of students graduate from high school. Furthermore this has caused countries around the world to praise Korea’s educational curriculum and the results it has produced by “rank[ing] at the top of the Programme for International Student Assessment survey results in reading, mathematics and science. South