Confucianism in China by Rebekah McEntire https://padlet.com/bekahfba/chinareligions en-us 2017-11-12 21:36:19 UTC 2025-12-23 18:43:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png Statue of Confucius (pictured) bekahfba https://padlet.com/bekahfba/chinareligions/wish/206040271 "The ideas of Confucius, Mencius and Xun Zi were codified and adapted over millennia into system of doctrine known as Confucianism.

"The original creator of Confucianism was Confucius. He was born around 551 BC, at a time of great philosophical creativity. It is said he taught a group of disciples who later propagated his beliefs and developed their own philosophies."]]> 2017-11-12 21:42:09 UTC https://padlet.com/bekahfba/chinareligions/wish/206040271 Mencius (pictured) bekahfba https://padlet.com/bekahfba/chinareligions/wish/206040464 "Mencius is now considered the second most important Confucian philosopher. During his life, however, he was more influential than Confucius himself, because he taught many noblemen and rulers."

"In his book Mencius, he supplements, he supplements the philosophy of Confucianism by a system of ideas positing the goodness and perfectibility of people. Confucius himself seems to have been silent on this subject."]]> 2017-11-12 21:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bekahfba/chinareligions/wish/206040464 Xun Zi bekahfba https://padlet.com/bekahfba/chinareligions/wish/206040490 "In contrast to Mencius, Xun Zi taught that human nature is basically bad. Xun Zi taught that man's nature is "wayward" from birth, but that virtuous teachers could cultivate morality in others through intensive training. He argued for strict laws governing personal behavior."

"Like Mencius some decades before, the Confucian Legalist Xun Zi worked at the Jiaxia Academy of the Kingdom of Qi. Befitting a Legalist, Xun Zi's writings are systematic, wordy, and elaborately argued. He was intolerant of other philosophies and philosophers. He attacked Mencius and Zhuang Zi by name."]]> 2017-11-12 21:44:01 UTC https://padlet.com/bekahfba/chinareligions/wish/206040490 The Five Classics (pictured) bekahfba https://padlet.com/bekahfba/chinareligions/wish/206040648 "To be an official scholar, people had to teach the Confucian classic texts called the Five Classics. According to tradition, the Five Classics were penned by Confucius. 
The Five Classics:
  • The Book of Changes, presenting a system of division
  • The Classic of Poetry, with 305 poems
  • The Book of Rites, a re-creation of the original Classic of Rites of Confucius lost during the Qin book purge
  • The Book of history, with documents and speeches written by early rulers
  • The Spring and Autumn Annals, a historical record of Confucius' native state of Lu."
]]> 2017-11-12 21:45:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bekahfba/chinareligions/wish/206040648 Resources bekahfba https://padlet.com/bekahfba/chinareligions/wish/206040822 https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/confucianism.htm]]> 2017-11-12 21:46:50 UTC https://padlet.com/bekahfba/chinareligions/wish/206040822