RG ST 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Filial Piety, Mandate Of Heaven, Divine Right Of Kings
Kongfuzi (another name) = Our lord/master Kong
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551 -479 BCE
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Doesn’t have a supreme being or a god
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Mandate of Heaven (tianming)
Noble person (junzi) must rule justly to please heaven
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Divine rule
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Doesn’t have a church or tangible institution
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Analects
Confucian teachings in the for of conversations
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Not heavily institutionalized like the Bible or Torah
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Tells how people should live
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Outlines and exemplifies qualities and beliefs of Confucianism
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Master (Confucius) to student
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Interesting narrative characteristic while being outlined in the form of verses
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No leader of this movement like a Pope
No network of Confucian leaders or set community
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Three Qualities/Confucian Belief System
Filial piety (xiao): respect your elders by behaving properly and respectfully
If you're asked to do something, do it without hesitation
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After elders pass away and become your ancestors, honor them by making years of offerings
(and mourning)
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Benevolence (ren): kindness
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Propriety (li): the way one should live their life
Can also mean ritual decorum
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Correctness of life and practice
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Necessary to establish good relationships in life and create harmony… also making Heaven
"smile"
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Worship
Not exactly worshipping a single power
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They do worship ancestors
Mourning them
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Holding them to higher status than living humans
Quasi-divine□
Spirits□
Top of the heavenly hierarchy□
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Offerings and actively trying to please the dead
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Culture
Teachings and ways of life that are still existent today
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Not like adopting a religion
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Morality/ethics and how you conduct yourself
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Confucianism is more a model of ethics than a religion•
DO NOT FORGET ASIAN INSTITUTION VISIT!!!
Section 7 Notes: Confucianism
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
10:05 AM
Document Summary
Doesn"t have a supreme being or a god. Noble person (junzi) must rule justly to please heaven. Not heavily institutionalized like the bible or torah. Outlines and exemplifies qualities and beliefs of confucianism. Interesting narrative characteristic while being outlined in the form of verses. No leader of this movement like a pope. No network of confucian leaders or set community. Filial piety (xiao): respect your elders by behaving properly and respectfully. If you"re asked to do something, do it without hesitation. After elders pass away and become your ancestors, honor them by making ye (and mourning) Propriety (li): the way one should live their life. Necessary to establish good relationships in life and create harmony also m. Tution visit!! g years of offerings: making heaven. Holding them to higher status than living humans. Offerings and actively trying to please the dead. Teachings and ways of life that are still existent today.
