01:840:211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Tao Te Ching, Laozi, Shang Dynasty
Document Summary
A chinese philosophical term often translated as "gentleman" or "superior person" and employed by both the duke of wen in the i-ching and confucius in his works to describe the ideal man. Identification of religion appears in the 19th century. Teachings of the dao (path) - harmonious sociopolitical order of ancient sage (way of. Only can be enlightened by benevolent junzi or sage-king, can bring about the welfare of the people so they can develop virtue. Daoists are highly critical of the confucian idea of the virtue gentleman because they regard the cultivation of virtue to be an attempt to control and domesticate the dao. Oracle bones - are pieces of ox scapula or turtle plastron, which were used for pyromancy (act of telling the future through fire) a form of divination in ancient china, mainly during the late. Scapulimancy is the correct term if ox scapulae were used for the divination; plastromancy if turtle plastrons were used.
