Confucius Flashcards
What did Confucius elaborate on?
education/learning
Confucius believed what about family?
he believed that family sticks together and will cover for each other. “Uprightness’ is to be found in that
What dies the filial person have?
respect, (give your parents no reason for anxiety)
What does filial mean according to the Master?
being able to provides ones parents with nourishment, but there is more because we provide nourishment for animals as well and people are greater than animals
Why is filial so important?
because a filial person will contain the roof of goodness
Why is filial piety important?
1) it is the starting point of virtue and it deals with the first of five Confucian relationships
2) people have the potential to extend sort of compasson to other people
3) developed to other virtues such as the virtue of ren
4) a right order state is based on rightly ordered family relations
What are the 5 relationships?
1) father-child
2) ruler-subject
3) husband-wife
4) elder brother-younger brother
5) friend-friend
Junzi (Gentlemen)
The Good-not worry
The Wise-not confused
The Courageous-not fear
Ren (The Good)
The good (ren) is of moral excellence that everyone has the potential to achieve Ren is treated as equivalence to the junzi, in the narrow sense ren is one virtue of caring of others
The Wise (zhi)
The wise person is an important virtue that seems to involve a cognitive understanding of The Way, as well as an ability to accurately perceive situations and judge the character of others.
The Courageous (yong)
being present for battle
