HIST 2710 Lecture Notes - Four Books And Five Classics, Wu Xing, Tao Te Ching
Document Summary
During the spring and autumn annals and warring states periods . What to do in the disorder and miseries of our time? there were many diverse answers. Confucius (kong qiu, kong fuzi) expected his students to pay him with two strips of bacon and their respect, no economic gains. He was a bum, constantly looking for job. He assigned readings for his followers - the five classics. Spring and autumn annals (dates and events, with no details) jing a weaving term, warp - long lasting, constant throughout. Main ideas: ren = benevolence child respect love between parents and child: basis for all virtue and social/ political order; stress on social relations, politics, moralism) Main ideas: lun / family relations - the five human relations wu lun. Tianming - mandate of heaven family centred moralism, unequal relationships and reciprocity to be given to a virtuous man and descendents as long as they are good rulers.
