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Chinese philosophy
Paul Pao Yu Liang
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Confucius was a philosopher who indisputably influenced Chinese philosophical thoughts in an immeasurable extent. His dedication to teaching highlighted Chinese history. There was a famous epigram that Confucius had once said, “there is a single thread binding my ways together”. ... I will scrutinize analytically how Confucius did his best in fulfillment of benevolence, righteousness, rite, and wisdom
Firstly, I want to discuss how Confucius binds his teaching on rite. Confucius wrote on moral lessons, distinguishing what’s proper and what’s not. In the book 12, chapter 1 in The Analects, Confucius answered that, “do not look unless it is in accordance with the rite …; do not move unless it is in accordance with the rite…” In another part, Confucius told people to serve their parents with rite and obedience. ... It just showed that Confucius actually set his heart upon rite. ... Confucius believed doing the right thing needs to be taught, he emphasized education. ...
In the part of righteousness, the five relationships in the Confucius teaching emphasized on righteousness. ... Confucius followed all these five relationship not for the sake of just following the art of righteousness superficially, but he did it from the bottom of his heart because he thinks it was right to do so and by doing it, he would keep the world a more ordered and traditional place.
In the book 12, chapter 2 in The Analects, Confucius mentioned how he worked on benevolence, he would do his best to greet: “When employing the service of the common people behave as though you were officiating at an important sacrifice. ...
There is an explicit saying in the Analects that Confucius layered out different levels of wisdom, “those who are born with knowledge are the highest. ... Confucius said that among three people, at least one of them would be my teacher who is worthy for me to learn from. ... However, Confucius taught people to do thing with rite. ... In contrast to Confucius thought, “you repay an injury with straightness”, fighting would be more frequent. ... ” I found that ethical teaching from Lao Zi is similar to the view of Jesus in Matthew 5:38. ...
On the other hand, Confucius said “you repay an injury with straightness, but you repay a good turn with good turn.
Approximate Word count = 1824
Approximate Pages = 7.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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