Religious Studies REL-R 133 Lecture 7: Confucianism & Daoism
4 Nov 2016
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They are not concerned about death or afterlife; however they are about the rites for the dead. Faithfulness: define ren and li. (the terms are introduced on p. 113, but note the more extended discussion of them on pp. Li: ritual, etiquette, propriety; literally means to arrange in order ; doing the proper thing in the proper way under any given set of circumstances; keeping with the way of heaven. Confucians see etiquette and rituals as solutions to the worlds problems, Daoists see both of these as the problem of lifelessness. Daoists believe the ideas of ren and li are harmful to social harmony and self flourishing. The chinese view the two religions as complementary; confucianism"s communitarianism and daoism"s individualism, confucianism"s formalism and. 2. they are opposing yet complementary principles; passive yin and active yang; each containing a bit or and forever evolving into the other; need a balance of the two.
