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Chinese Society and Thought. Social Studies Chapter 11. Section 2. The Teachings of Confucius. Anticipatory Set. During the Era of Warring States, China was in a state of anarchy. The social order was collapsing. Hanfeizi promoted a Legalistic solution. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Chinese Society and ThoughtSocial Studies Chapter 11
Section 2The Teachings of Confucius
Anticipatory SetDuring the Era of Warring States, China was in a state of anarchy. The social order was collapsing.
Hanfeizi promoted a Legalistic solution.
Mo-zi suggested a government where everyone would work for the common good.
Confucius came up with a different solution.
StandardsH-SS 6.6.3 – Know about the life of Confucius and the fundamental teachings of Confucianism and Daoism
H-SS 6.6.4 – Identify the political and cultural problems prevalent in the time of Confucius and how he sought to solve them
The Big Idea
The ideas of Confucius greatly influenced Chinese society and government
Key Terms
Confucianism – teachings of Confucius
Filial piety – unending devotion of children, especially sons, to their parents and family
The “Traditional Values” Solution of Confucius
Confucius is known as the “First Teacher”
Though others came before him, he is honored above all others for his wisdom
The Early Life of Confucius Born in the small state of Lu in 551BC
Confucius lived about the same time as Buddha in India
Confucius came from a poor but respected family Received a good education
The Early Life of Confucius As a young man he took a job collecting
taxes from farmers for the ruler of Lu
Saw the problems of his time in person Laws were not enforced Dishonest officials took bribes, or illegal
payments to do favors for the rich Peasants starved while rulers taxed them
to pay for wars
The Early Life of Confucius
Confucius believed the cause of the anarchy was that the Chinese had turned away from the values and virtues of their ancestors
The Early Life of ConfuciusBelieved only a return to those
traditional values could bring order to China
Confucius made teaching the ways of the ancestors his life’s work
Teacher and Scholar To carry out his work, Confucius started
his own school Did not teach about religion, gods, or an
afterlife Goal was to instruct young men on how to
become junzi (true gentlemen)
Teachings were collected in a book called the Analects
Teacher and Scholar Confucius hoped to find a ruler who
would follow his teachings
Few rulers took his ideas seriously, and Confucius died thinking himself a failure
Did now know that his teachings would influence Chinese society and government up to present day
The Five Key Relationships
The heart of Confucianism lay in a vision of a stable society based on five relationships
The Five Key RelationshipsRuler - - Subject
Father - - SonHusband - - Wife
Older brother - - Younger brotherOlder friend - - Younger friend
The Five Key Relationships
Confucius taught that these five relationships should be the foundations of China’s social order
The Five Key Relationships In each relationship:
The superior/older person should respect respect and obedience from the junior person
The superior/older person should set a good example of proper behavior
If rulers/fathers set a bad example then it was their fault if their subjects/children also behaved badly
The Five Key RelationshipsEach relationship was based on
traditional virtues Ruler - - Subject: virtue for the
ruler was kindness to subject; for subjects it was loyalty to ruler
The Five Key Relationships
Most important virtue in Confucianism was filial piety
The Five Key Relationships
Confucius believed that establishing the proper relationship with one’s parents and other was of greater importance than getting a good education
The “Traditional Values” Solution of Confucius
Read The “Traditional Values” Solution of Confucius on pages 306
– 308 of your textbook
Guided PracticeThe teachings of Confucius are known as ________________.
There are ______________ key relationships in Confucianism.
The most important virtue in Confucianism was _________________ __________________.
Guided PracticeThe teachings of Confucius are known as Confucianism.
There are five key relationships in Confucianism.
The most important virtue in Confucianism was filial piety.
Independent Practice
Complete Chapter 11 Section 2 Independent Practice worksheet