Lauren's confucianism
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- About founder?
- Confucious (551-479 BC) became a bureaucrat, then a teacher in reform. He taught to reinforce social conventions.
- What are beliefs associated with Confucianism?
- Dao-cultivated through education and experienced through social relations Propriety-social convention eliminates disorder Benevolence-love Reciprocity-Golden Rule Nobility, virtuousness, balance, not being too emotional.
- What are the Five Classics?
- Holy books. Book of Changes-I Jing, divination Book of Poetry-ideals of behavior Book of Etiquette and Rites-rituals Book of History-history of the Zhou dynasty, the golden age Book of Annals-local history of Confucious's home
- What is the 6th book that was lost?
- The Book of Music
- When did Confucianism become the offical state religion of China?
- 600 AD
- When did Confucius attain godlike status?
- 150 AD
- About reading "Analects?"
- Instructions by Confucius to his students. Analects=conversations. Rules involving character and morality and importance of tradition and maintaining harmony. Use terms nondeceptively. Treat others like yourself. Respect for elders. Heaven watches over affairs. Emperors who are lazy or corrupt lose their legitimacy. Heaven sends warnings in the form of natural disasters.
- About reading "The Great Learning?"
- By Zeng Can, a student. Blueprint for personal cultivation and orderings of the state. Things have roots and branches. One thing leads to another. Knowing this brings one closer to the Dao.