Confucianism
Confucianism
Confucianism
What is Confucianism?
Confucianism
• is humanism, a philosophy or attitude that is concerned with human
beings, their achievements and interests, rather than with the
abstract beings and problems of theology. In Confucianism man is
the center of the universe: man cannot live alone, but with other
human beings. For human beings, the ultimate goal is individual
happiness. The necessary condition to achieve happiness is
through peace. To obtain peace, Confucius discovered human
relations consisting of the five relationships which are based on love
and duties. War has to be abolished; and the Great Unity of the
world should be developed.
• The Human beings are supposed to love one another in the name of
God, but they are killing one another in the name of God.
History
• Confucianism means "The School of the
Scholars"; or, less accurately, "The
Religion of Confucius") is an East Asian
ethical and philosophical system originally
developed from the teachings of the early
Chinese sage Confucius. It is a complex
system of moral, social, political and
religious which had tremendous influence
on the history of Chinese civilization down
to the 20th century.
History (con’t)
• Some have considered it to have been the "state
religion" of imperial China. Debated during the
Warring States Period and forbidden during the
short-lived Qin Dynasty, Confucianism was
chosen by Han Wudi for use as a political
system to govern the Chinese state
• Despite its loss of influence during the Tang
Dynasty, Confucianist doctrine remained a
mainstream Chinese orthodoxy for two millennia
until the beginning of the 20th century, when it
was vigorously repressed by Chinese
Communism.
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