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Confucianism. Comparative Religions. Confucius Kung Fu- tzu Kung the Master Born around 551 BCE in the __________________ province Raised by a single mother Became a ____________in his early 20s Goal was to hold public office in Chinese _______________________. The First Teacher. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
ConfucianismComparative Religions
The First Teacher
Confucius◦Kung Fu-tzu◦Kung the Master
Born around 551 BCE in the __________________ province
Raised by a single motherBecame a ____________in his early 20sGoal was to hold public office in Chinese
_______________________
At 50 years old, he began a _____year journey from state to state spouting his beliefs/wisdom
Faithful ______________followed him on this journey
Eventually was invited to return _______.Spent the last _________years of his life
editing the Chinese classicsDied in 479 BCE at _____years old.
Confucius taught using the ____________ method◦Conversed with his students regarding
_____________ they posed in the conversations◦Cite different _________________◦Ask _______________________questions
He presented himself to his students, not as their leader, but as a fellow _______________
Mission of his students◦_____________________society
His teaching◦Passion for learning made him a _____________◦_________________kept him from being a fanatic
His preferences◦Preferred _______________over power and wealth
May not have held a government office while alive, but has ended up the man who has _________________Chinese gov’t more than anyone else.
The Problem Confucius Faced
Social Anarchy◦Confucius lived during the time in China that is
known as the Period of the _____________ States The _________________Dynasty was dead ______________________was dead
◦To keep society from destroying itself, Confucius knew he needed to reinvent ___________________
Two important points of Tradition:◦1. The degree to which tradition can ___________
a society is amazing!◦2. Tradition influences society
___________________.Confucius’s contemporaries were guided
by◦______________________ self-interest instead of
group-conscious social expectationsSo, how did he re-invent Tradition?????
Rival Answers
Enlightenment says _______________ peopleRealists say “_______ ‘em to make ‘em
behave”Mo Ti, a Chinese philosopher, said “don’t
use force, use ___________” (a hippie way before his time)
Which would Confucius choose??????
Confucius’s Answer
Confucius chose tradition.◦He longed for the ________________ times of the Chou
Dynasty.◦He began to deliberately use tradition because the people
of his day had lost respect for the ___________________ that spontaneous tradition should have been causing.
He met two conditions of re-vitalizing tradition to set the stage for its acceptance◦He made it ________________ with the past by tying it with
what was already familiar◦He realized what wasn’t working and needed
___________________ in the old way
Confucius had to decide how tradition would __________________ society◦Make _______________ideas a part of every
aspect of society Temples, theaters, homes, toys, proverbs, schools,
history, stories, etc.◦He used his ______________to fit this pattern.
His students recorded these in the ____________________
The Content of Deliberate Tradition
Confucius used five ideals to make tradition deliberate◦1. _______________◦2. Chun Tzu◦3. _______________◦4. Te◦5. _______________
Jen◦The ideal relationship between people
_________________ _________________ _________________
Chun Tzu◦Humanity at its _______________– Jen has been
reached by everyone
Li◦ The way things _______________be done
Rectification of Names – ____________ roles should be defined Doctrine of the Mean – nothing in _________________ Five Constant Relationships
◦ _______________________________◦ Husband and wife◦ _______________________________◦ Friends◦ _______________________________
Age – age earns respect due to the _________________ older people possess.
◦ Rituals – following the right details of relationships means life is essentially _____________________ and works well
Te◦The power of _________________ example◦Society needs leaders who are respected and
admired, who set the right examples of _____Wen
◦The arts of ___________________ Music, poetry, painting The sum of culture in its _______________ mode
The Confucian Project
A good man or woman is always trying to become ____________________
A Confucian keeps him/herself active in society – they aren’t _____________________
They recognize that the ____________ is the center of relationships◦ A meeting place where lives ______________◦ Five Constant Relationships has the roles in each relationship
different – does this make one person superior to the other? No, not as long as they know and practice their role
__________________. Abuse of the relationship occurs when the roles are not
__________________.
The Five Constant Relationships automatically built the __________________ into Confucian-style politics.◦Heaven sees as the people see; heaven wills as
the people willThe Confucian scheme calls for continual
___________________ at all levels of relationships. If all works together well peace is achieved.
Ethics or Religion?
Confucius believed the world was divided into ______________ and ___________◦Ancestors were in Heaven (____) that was
controlled by the Supreme Ancestor – ______________
◦Earth had ___________ on it, waiting to move to Heaven (ti)
◦__________________ was more important◦Earth communicated with Heaven via sacrifice
The channel for this communication was called __________________
It was important to communicate with ancestors because they knew the past and that helped them ______________ those on Earth regarding the future.◦Ancestors couldn’t talk, so they sent _______–
weather signs, animal signs, physical signs, etc.Confucius shifted the emphasis from
Heaven to _____________ in his teachings.
A hotly debated topic of his day:◦Which should come ___________ earthlings or
ancestors?◦Confucius said ______________ – ancestors are
already dead.This shifted attention away from ancestor
worship to ________________.◦He did say to continue to revere ancestors “as
if they were present”
Confucius believed there was a power in the universe that made sure “___________” was rewarded.◦He called this the Will of Heaven – the first
thing ______________ will respect.Confucius believed once all was right with
the self, the person would become _______ with humanity and the universe.
Impact on China
Confucianism founded a class of _______________ who would become the ruling elite in China.◦Confucius became the most important figure in
__________________ history◦130 BCE Confucian texts were the basic
discipline to train _____________ officials◦The ______________ Dynasty made Confucianism
China’s state religion
China combines Confucianism with other things in life◦Confucian in ________________and public life◦Taoist in __________________life and hygiene◦Buddhist in matters relating to _____________◦Shamanistic ________________added in
Scholars believe ancestor worship and filial piety have made the ____________ the religion of China
Due to Confucianism and its Doctrine of the ________________, the Chinese today still consider it a _________________to have to settle matters in court
Due to Wen, Chinese culture was very strong in the arts – even invaders often _________________ into the Chinese way of life
Growth of many East Asian countries can be attributed to Confucianism – link social technology with scientific technology and get the formula for _________________success!