Module 4 Lesson 4

Question 1

Confucius

Answer 1

Influential scholar
Restore the order and moral loving of earlier times to his society
Confucianism was made

Question 2

Filial piety

Answer 2

Respect shown by children for their parents and elders

Question 3

Autocracy

Answer 3

A government that has unlimited power and used it in an arbitrary manner

Question 4

Daoism

Answer 4

Laozi founder
Natural order important
Universal force “the way” guides all things

Question 5

Legalism

Answer 5

Highly efficient and powerful gov was the key to restoring order in society
Hanfeizi and Li si founders

Question 6

Laozi

Answer 6

founder of Daoism

Question 7

Shi Huangdi

Answer 7

Qin ruler
Built institutions that helped China remain unified for almost 2000 years

Question 8

Hanfeizi and Li Si

Answer 8

Founders of Legalism

Question 9

Explain Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism. (Include the founders, the characteristics, how each system fits into Chinese history, and which system you feel best worked for China and Why)

Answer 9

Confucianism:
Founder: Confucius
Desire to restore, order and moral living of earlier times to society
Believed social order, harmony, and good government could be restored in China if society were organized around 5 basic relationships (ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, older and younger brother, and friend and friend)
Family was important
Filial piete
Education was very important
Layed groundwork of bureaucracy
How fits into Chinese history: it was a foundation of Chinese government and social order and ideas spread beyond China to throughout E Asia

Daoism:
Founder: Laozi
Only natural order was important than social order
Universal forces called Dao “the way” guides all things
Gov. Should do as little as possible and leave the people alone
People could do little to influence the outcome of events
Offered communion with nature as an alternative to political chaos
How fits into Chinese history: persue scientific studies, made many contributions to the sciences of alchemy, astronomy, and medicine

Legalism:
Founder: Hanfeizi and Li Si
A highly efficient and powerful gov. Was the key to restoring order in society
Gov. Should use the law to end civil disorder and restore harming
Punishments are useful to maintain social order
Thinkers and their ideas should be strictly controlled by the gov.
How fits into Chinese history: brought order to China, ideas gained favor with a prince of a new dynasty that replaced Zhou

Which system best worked for China: