EAS103H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Lady Hyegyeong, Analects, Foot Binding
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Questions: what do we know of confucius, what was new about his ideas, what was new about neo confucianism, how did it shape education and society in song china and joseon choson. Different confucianism essay outline in a sense to the lecture: because thinkers and reformers try to offer solutions to different problems, no such thing as a single unchanging confucianism always adapting. Working plan confucianism: 500 bc- 1200 ad- 1400- 1762, confucius who was he, song china what was new about neo confucianism. Joseon korea putting neo confucianism to work: primary text lady hyegyeong. The world of ~500 bce: collapse of the zhou ruling order, feudal lords constantly at war, rise of men of service looking to persuade rulers. Confucius 551-479 bce: master kong, analects: what others wrote about him later. Analects not mentioned till 1st century bc. All we know about confucius is through analects. Thinks of western zhou as the golden times.
