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| Where was confucius born? |
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Serve government
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Transmit ancient culture to posterity |
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| Five Classics: Shih Ching |
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Book of Changes
Contains keys to divination and identification of materials and ojects with their associated yin and yang properties |
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| Five Classics: Ch'un Ch'iu |
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Analects
Chung Yung (doctrine of the mean)
Ta Hsueh (great learning)
Meng Tzu (Book of Mencius) |
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| Collections of sayings of Confucius complied by his disciples |
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| "The Confuciun Gentleman" |
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"The Golden Mean"
The Yin and Yang |
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| Confusius's model ruler, from China's golden age (1120-221 BCE) |
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| Filial Piety, respect to parents, elders, ancestors, etc. |
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"human heartedness" "true manhood"
The ideal human nature--compassionate, faithful
Goal of confucian education |
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| Proper relationships (ruler-subject, husband-wife, father-son, brothers, friends) |
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Disciple of Confucius
Influential interpreter of his doctrines |
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"Book of Mencius"
Talks about proper government |
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| Eight-sided divining device, used with the I Ching |
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| "heaven" the supreme deity, through much of Chinese history (in early Chinese characters, it looks like a person) |
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| Male, bright, warm, dry, active, positive, capable, intelligent, just ... |
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| Female, dark, cold, wet, secret, negative, fertile, intuitive, merciful |
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