Category: Confucianism

Table of Contents Confucius Mencius Humanity and Duty Works Cited This paper summarizes the main points of the Mencius, as translated by David Hinton. The paper begins with a brief introduction of the Asian philosopher Confucius, whose teachings formed the basis of the Mencius, followed by a brief introduction of Mencius the philosopher. The essay…

In the article The influence of Confucianism: a narrative study of Hong Kong teachers understanding and practices of school guidance and counseling (2008) by Ming-Tak Hue, the author investigated the main influence of school guidance in Hong Kong schools. The article presented the results of a qualitative study, which findings outlined that the main source…

Medieval Japanese Confucianism is a unique phenomenon, which spread across the whole nation. The main reason for its popularity in the country of the rising sun is the fact that Japanese neighbors such as China had been practicing Confucius teachings for centuries before it got to the island. Japan was first introduced to the teachings…

In the article The influence of Confucianism: a narrative study of Hong Kong teachers understanding and practices of school guidance and counseling (2008) by Ming-Tak Hue, the author investigated the main influence of school guidance in Hong Kong schools. The article presented the results of a qualitative study, which findings outlined that the main source…

Medieval Japanese Confucianism is a unique phenomenon, which spread across the whole nation. The main reason for its popularity in the country of the rising sun is the fact that Japanese neighbors such as China had been practicing Confucius teachings for centuries before it got to the island. Japan was first introduced to the teachings…

Chapter 5 of the book The Worlds Religions is devoted to Taoism in the 6th century B.C. by Laozi in China. Compared to Confucianism, Taoism is a more mystical, irrational religion whose central concept is Tao (the Way) (Smith, 2009). This is the metaphysical path of ultimate reality, which cannot be expressed in words, but…

Confucianism has been proven to be one of the key contributors to the development of the Chinese society. It established the basic principles that guided the operational values for family life, social endeavors, as well as governmental affairs. The Confucianists (scholars trained in the doctrine of Confucianism) were considered the elite of the Chinese society…

The concept of Confucianism has had a diverse impact on the social and cultural identity of Chinese people. Hence, it appears that its integration in the Chinese mentality has gone wide beyond the religious beliefs but has transformed into an emotional attitude as well as a body of rational teaching (Yang 244). It should be…

Confucianism is one of the worlds major philosophic and spiritual teachings, primarily practiced in Asian countries and China in particular. It is based on the various ideas of Confucius, comprising the moral and spiritual backbone of a number of nations. For its country of origin, China, Confucianism remains a source of many moral and behavioral…

Confucianism and Daoism appeared in the 6th5th century BCE in China as philosophical ways of life and worldviews created by Confucius and Laozi, respectively. Though they are from the same period of time and country, these two religions or philosophies are rather different as they are based on various concepts and perceptions of the world…