Chapter 2 (Confucianism) Flashcards
Jen
Ideal relationships between persons. These relationships should be characterized by benevolence, love, perfect virtue, and humaneness
Li
Indicates sophistical order
Yi
Appropriateness, obligation, righteousness, and justice
Zhi
Wisdom or understanding
Xin
trustworthiness
Xiao or filial pity
Prioritizes obedience and loyalty to parents and concern and understanding for their needs and wishes
Wulun
The five cardinal relationships in Confucianism that emphasize acceptance of authority: subordination of subject to ruler, son to father, wife to husband, younger brother to elder brother, and mutual respect between friends
Dao
The law of the moral world, the path by which people travel.
Filial pity
A central principle that guides behavior