Confucianism Flashcards
Confucius
Kongzi –> Kong Qui (master) –> Kongfuzi
Key-points
-gods first attempt at a community with humanity
-Theology heavy, more political and moral
-A social problem, we have turned against each other
-Doesn’t support feminiity
Lunyu
“The Analects”
wisdom of Confucius
De
“virtue”
views virtue as being a good person
Tian
Heaven, moral force that interacts with the cosmos
demands morality from us
Top-Down Model
begins with ruler
if ruler acts morally, it trickles down
if ruler acts immoral, we rebel
The Junzi
“Gentle person”
Perfected morality, embodiement of Tian
Goal is to become ren
Xiao –> Xue –> Shu (Li)
Xiao
-“filial Piety”
respect elders from birth
parents set moral model
giant familyrelationship
Xue
“study”
study confucian classics
Study a world where everyone loved eachother
Shu
-reciprocity
do others as you would like to be done to yourself
treat all elders like your family
Li
“ritual”
care for people below your
experience Tian
never-ending, passionate love
5 Confucian Relationships
Order from most important to least
1. Parent-child
2. Eldest sibling-youngest sibling
3. Husband-wife
4. Ruler-subject
5. Friend-friend
Mengzi
Human nature is inherently good
-sense of dismay - ren - humanity
-Sense of shame - Yi - righteousness
-Sense of deference - Li - propriety
-Sense of right or wrong- Zhi - wisdom
Xunzi
-human nature is inherently evil
if you follow human nature, you lead a life of disagreement, strife, and revert to violence
goodness results from conscious activity
Ren
“a humane person”
