EAS103H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Analects, Yangtze, Goryeo
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Do you think the term confucianism" is an adequate term? . What accounts for so many of its variations? . A way to provide solutions for common problems. 500 bce 1200 ad 1400 ad. Collapse of western zhou ruling order fragmentation. Rise of men of service the shi class. => lowest rank that had a skill set. The analects (lunyu): what others wrote about him. => where we find what we know about him. => a collection of sayings recorded by people who were around him. Loyal to zhou king: thought it was golden age . => how to teach children to be filial and to learn to govern. => living virtuously: by doing ritual, benevolence doing them in sincerity. Way (dao): way/path of ancient kings and sages. => did not consider everyone equal: gentlemen, nobles, commoners. => had different expectations for each group: mostly on gentlemen.
