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TERM PAPER ON “THE BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY”
SUBMITTED TO:
MANZOOR ELAHEE
PROFESSOR
DEPT. OF PHILOSOPHY
JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY
SUBMITTED BY:
TASHBIA AFRIN CHOWDHURY
ID: 2010020200046
BATCH: 15, SECTION: B
DEPT. OF ENGLISH
SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
DATE OF SUBMISSION: 04-05-2013
To most of us living in India, China is some sort of an enigma. On one hand we are told that India exported its culture and philosophy to China some two thousand years ago. On the other, we have the scars of the War of 1962. Today the country is swamped with cheap but quality Chinese goods.
What is Chinese philosophy all about, how did it evolve, what was Buddhism’s impact on China? A book on Comparative Philosophy by Prof P.T. Raju helped me find some answers. Here is an article based on inputs from that book. Notes talk about historical and philosophical developments follow it. Do not miss reading them.
General characteristics of Chinese philosophy (CP) are –
1. Chinese Philosophy is neither inward looking nor outward looking. It keeps a balance between the two and is more at home with man in society than the ultimate problems. No problem is probed too deep, pressed to its logical conclusion. Chinese thought affirms man first and never forgets its commitment to man. Confucianism affirms man in society and Taoism man by himself, although Taoism was inclined to belittle his material existence. On the whole Chinese Philosophy is outward looking if Confucianism is considered typically Chinese.
2. Although a few questions about the ultimate nature of Tao were raised, the inquiry was not very thorough and everything is related to Human Nature. None probed into the mind systematically or deep and what was found within mind were good feelings, sentiments, all that which contributes to a happy social life. They are few found in every society and were not unique to China. Hence Chinese Philosophy
SUBMITTED TO:
MANZOOR ELAHEE
PROFESSOR
DEPT. OF PHILOSOPHY
JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY
SUBMITTED BY:
TASHBIA AFRIN CHOWDHURY
ID: 2010020200046
BATCH: 15, SECTION: B
DEPT. OF ENGLISH
SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
DATE OF SUBMISSION: 04-05-2013
To most of us living in India, China is some sort of an enigma. On one hand we are told that India exported its culture and philosophy to China some two thousand years ago. On the other, we have the scars of the War of 1962. Today the country is swamped with cheap but quality Chinese goods.
What is Chinese philosophy all about, how did it evolve, what was Buddhism’s impact on China? A book on Comparative Philosophy by Prof P.T. Raju helped me find some answers. Here is an article based on inputs from that book. Notes talk about historical and philosophical developments follow it. Do not miss reading them.
General characteristics of Chinese philosophy (CP) are –
1. Chinese Philosophy is neither inward looking nor outward looking. It keeps a balance between the two and is more at home with man in society than the ultimate problems. No problem is probed too deep, pressed to its logical conclusion. Chinese thought affirms man first and never forgets its commitment to man. Confucianism affirms man in society and Taoism man by himself, although Taoism was inclined to belittle his material existence. On the whole Chinese Philosophy is outward looking if Confucianism is considered typically Chinese.
2. Although a few questions about the ultimate nature of Tao were raised, the inquiry was not very thorough and everything is related to Human Nature. None probed into the mind systematically or deep and what was found within mind were good feelings, sentiments, all that which contributes to a happy social life. They are few found in every society and were not unique to China. Hence Chinese Philosophy