HUMA 1860 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Filial Piety, Cosmetology, Junzi
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Jing classic ; scripture a writing of eminence importance. The teachings of confucius often called ruxue but confucianism also considered one of the sanjiao (three teachings or religions ) Was considered the son of heaven tianzi. Was also a political and religious actor/agent which were not necessarily discreet or separate from each other. Syncretism and/or co-existence of different belief systems one need not choose sides and cheer for a single team . China itself, is rather large and within china, there are 55 ethnic groups that are. There are also more groups that are not recognized all of these people, in terms of citizenship, are chinese although their rituals and culture may be different. The largest group do account for 90% of the population of china the han group. Even among the han chinese, there is quite a cultural difference. Kong fuzi the analects of lunyu. More commonly known as kongzi or kong qiu.