PHIL 202-3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: White Cloud Temple, Zhou Dunyi, Wang Yangming
PHIL 202
Ch. 10 Chinese and Korean Traditions (pt. 2)
The Sui and Tang Dynasties (589–907)
Confucianism
• Experienced a revival
• Emperor Taizhong established an academy and ordered all districts to build temples
• Curriculum expanded to include 12 works
• Madae )hegs Classic of Filiality for Women
o Female Confucian tradition based on Ban Zhao
• Can correct men
• Ha Yus Defee of Cofuiais
• “og ‘uozhaos Aalets for Woe
Daoism
• Founder of Tang dynasty, Li Yuan, claimed descent from Laozi
• Daoism became state religion
• Colleges established
• Reached its height of power and popularity
Buddhism
• Apex of Buddhism in China
• Schools developed
• Monks visited imperial court
• The Great Cloud Sutra used to legitimate only female emperor, Wu Zetian
o Salvation figure will bring peace and prosperity
• Persecutions under Emperor Wuzong
o Buddhis poisoed ustos
The Song, Yuan, and Ming Dynasties (960–1644)
Daoism
• No longer state religion
• The Complete Truth School
o White Cloud Abbey in Beijing
o Modelled on Buddhism
o Know elements from all three major traditions
o Fiftee Preepts for Estalishig the Teahig
• Practical recommendations for healing, living a simple life, maintaining
good friends
o Sun Buer: only female master
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Confucianism
• The emergence of neo-Confucianism
o Zhu Xi
• Drew on Zhou Dunyi
o Quiet-sittig
o The Great Ultimate and the Ultimate Non-being are identical
• Zhu Xi and the School of Principle (Lixue)
o Linked li to human relationships and theories of education and government
o Focus on quiet sitting
o Self-cultivation begins with acquisition of knowledge
Cofuciais, cot’d
• Women in neo-Confucianism
o Empress Xu
• Instructions for the Inner Quarters
o Women have a broader responsibility
• Wang Yangming
o Moral sense is innate
• Takes precedence over external learning
o Xinxue, the School of the Heart-Mind
Buddhism
• Chan developed in two streams
o Norther gradual shool
o “outher sudde shool
• Discourse records of individual masters
• Lamp or flame records of lineages
• Gongan: Cha asters ehage ith a studet
• Popular Buddhism
o Jingtu (Pure Land)
o Merit points
The Qing Dynasty and Republican Period (1644–present)
Confucianism
• Encounter with the West and Modernization
o End of opium trade in 1838 on moral terms
o Opium Wars (1839–42; 1856–60)
o Confucianism lost ground
• Ne Cofuias i post-dynastic China
o Sun Yatsen: father of modern republican China
• Three principles:
1. Nationalism
2. Citizen rights
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Document Summary
Daoism: founder of tang dynasty, li yuan, claimed descent from laozi, daoism became state religion, colleges established, reached its height of power and popularity. Buddhism: apex of buddhism in china, schools developed, monks visited imperial court, the great cloud sutra used to legitimate only female emperor, wu zetian, salvation figure will bring peace and prosperity, persecutions under emperor wuzong, buddhis(cid:373) (cid:862)poiso(cid:374)ed(cid:863) (cid:272)usto(cid:373)s. Co(cid:374)fucia(cid:374)is(cid:373), co(cid:374)t"d: women in neo-confucianism, empress xu. Instructions for the inner quarters: women have a broader responsibility, wang yangming, moral sense is innate, takes precedence over external learning, xinxue, the school of the heart-mind. Buddhism: chan developed in two streams, norther(cid:374) (cid:862)gradual(cid:863) s(cid:272)hool, outher(cid:374) (cid:862)sudde(cid:374)(cid:863) s(cid:272)hool. Lamp or flame records of lineages: discourse records of individual masters, gongan: cha(cid:374) (cid:373)aster(cid:859)s e(cid:454)(cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge (cid:449)ith a stude(cid:374)t, popular buddhism, jingtu (pure land, merit points. Daoism and popular religion: popular morality books and meditation practices, daoism confused with folk practices, modernizers think of them as superstitious and hostile to progress.
