HIST 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: La Crescenta-Montrose, California, Hinayana, Taoism
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Chinese new years eve (start of lunar new year) Same person could be both a follower of confucianism and daoism. He was born 551 bc; died 479 bc. Wrote 1-4 books to serve as basic curriculum of classical learning and civil science and civil service (analects) Was exiled because the states worried he would become too powerful wh involved in the government (order) Superior man, personal responsibility, and how a good government with good education and. There is a ruler is given the right to rule if he is not ethical. If a lot of natural disaster, they see it as no mandate of heaven and need t change rulers. What assumptions does he believe about human nature: All people were born good, and they would all save a baby out of a well. He believes people are born evil, and kindness is not natural.
