HIST 1550 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Analects, Taoism, Zhuang Zhou
27 Sep 2018
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551-489 b. c. (during the zhou dynasty; 1056-256 b. c. ) Copying texts: done by hand, either on silk, or bamboo (the paper wasn"t invented yet). *analects: collected sayings of confucius; this is oral history. Confucius went back to the historical sources that seemed to provide evidence for the early zhou (5 classics) Confucius went around the states to get a chance to govern, but he was deemed too idealistic; he did not get a chance. So, he went back and taught his students so that they might get a chance to carry his vision out. *confucian idea: people are inherently unequal in their positions. The child isn"t equal to the parent, and vice versa. If you disagree, you are violating the nature of things. Founded by the first unifier of china: xi huangdi. The state started to embrace confucianism because the emperor (who used to be a peasant) needed distinction and space between him and his people.
