Five Great Relationships And The Role Of Confucianism: Ethical System
[Confucianism Paper]
[By; Kari L Sherwood]
[University of Phoenix]
Confucianism is also known as Ruism and is a very philosophical as well as ethical system. It was developed by a Chinese philosopher Confucius. Confucianism started as an ethical teaching during the Spring as well as the Autumn period, but later had cosmological and metaphysical elements in the Han Dynasty. After the abandonment of Legalism in China, Confucianism became the official ideology of the Han. There beliefs are that humans are good, teachable, perfectible and improvable by personal endeavors, mainly by self-cultivation and self-creation.
Five Great Relationships, actions and the role of Confucianism in Chinese culture.
The Five Great Relationships that are the main teachings are considered relationship and social roles. The first is kindness in the father and obedient devotion in the son. The second is gentility in the eldest brother and humility and respect in the younger. The third is righteous behavior in the husband and obedience in the wife. The fourth is humane consideration in elders and deference in juniors. And finally the fifth is benevolence in rulers and loyalty of ministers and subjects. The family is the most …show more content…
Another principle they live by is called Li which is order, propriety, principle of gain and concrete guide to human actions. Realizing that every action affects someone else and that you shouldn’t be left to improvise your responses because you may be at a loss as to how to behave. Yi is righteousness and the moral disposition to do good. Overall the ideal man is called Chun-tzu and would be considered superior and a very gentle person in the most significant sense, he is intelligent enough to deal without fear, he is at the disposal of others and is kind, has wisdom and
[By; Kari L Sherwood]
[University of Phoenix]
Confucianism is also known as Ruism and is a very philosophical as well as ethical system. It was developed by a Chinese philosopher Confucius. Confucianism started as an ethical teaching during the Spring as well as the Autumn period, but later had cosmological and metaphysical elements in the Han Dynasty. After the abandonment of Legalism in China, Confucianism became the official ideology of the Han. There beliefs are that humans are good, teachable, perfectible and improvable by personal endeavors, mainly by self-cultivation and self-creation.
Five Great Relationships, actions and the role of Confucianism in Chinese culture.
The Five Great Relationships that are the main teachings are considered relationship and social roles. The first is kindness in the father and obedient devotion in the son. The second is gentility in the eldest brother and humility and respect in the younger. The third is righteous behavior in the husband and obedience in the wife. The fourth is humane consideration in elders and deference in juniors. And finally the fifth is benevolence in rulers and loyalty of ministers and subjects. The family is the most …show more content…
Another principle they live by is called Li which is order, propriety, principle of gain and concrete guide to human actions. Realizing that every action affects someone else and that you shouldn’t be left to improvise your responses because you may be at a loss as to how to behave. Yi is righteousness and the moral disposition to do good. Overall the ideal man is called Chun-tzu and would be considered superior and a very gentle person in the most significant sense, he is intelligent enough to deal without fear, he is at the disposal of others and is kind, has wisdom and