Themes in Confucian thought "ritual(Chinese礼，pinyin li)":ln Confucianism,the acts that people tend to carry out in every day life are considered ritual. Rituals are not necessarily regimented or arbitrary practices,but the routines that people often undergo knowingly or unknowingly through out their lives.Shaping the rituals in a way that leads to a content and healthy society, and to content and healthy people,is one purpose of Confucian philosophy
Themes in Confucian thought "ritual (Chinese 礼, pinyin lǐ)" : In Confucianism, the acts that people tend to carry out in every day life are considered ritual. Rituals are not necessarily regimented or arbitrary practices, but the routines that people often undergo knowingly or unknowingly through out their lives. Shaping the rituals in a way that leads to a content and healthy society, and to content and healthy people, is one purpose of Confucian philosophy
Themes in Confucian thought One theme central to Confucianism is that of relationships,and the differing duties arising from the different status one held in relation to others. Individuals are held to simultaneously stand in different degrees of relationship with different people, namely,as a junior in relation to their parents and elders,and as a senior in relation to their younger siblings,students,and others.While juniors are considered in Confucianism to owe strong duties of reverence and service to their seniors,seniors also have duties of benevolence and concern toward juniors.This theme consistently manifests itselfin many aspects of East Asian cultures even to this day, with extensive filial duties on the part of children toward parents and elders,and great concern of parents toward their children
Themes in Confucian thought One theme central to Confucianism is that of relationships, and the differing duties arising from the different status one held in relation to others. Individuals are held to simultaneously stand in different degrees of relationship with different people, namely, as a junior in relation to their parents and elders, and as a senior in relation to their younger siblings, students, and others. While juniors are considered in Confucianism to owe strong duties of reverence and service to their seniors, seniors also have duties of benevolence and concern toward juniors .This theme consistently manifests itself in many aspects of East Asian cultures even to this day, with extensive filial duties on the part of children toward parents and elders, and great concern of parents toward their children
Themes in Confucian thought Social harmony -the great goal of Confucianism-thus results partly from every individual knowing his or her place in the social order and playing his or her part well. When Duke Jing of Qi asked about government, by which he meant proper administration so as to bring social harmony,Confucius replied, "There is government,when the prince is prince,and the minister is minister;when the father is father,and the son is son."(Analects XII,11,tr.Legge)
Themes in Confucian thought Social harmony - the great goal of Confucianism - thus results partly from every individual knowing his or her place in the social order and playing his or her part well. When Duke Jing of Qi asked about government, by which he meant proper administration so as to bring social harmony, Confucius replied, "There is government, when the prince is prince, and the minister is minister; when the father is father, and the son is son." (Analects XII, 11, tr. Legge)
Themes in Confucian thought "Filial piety"(Chinese:pinyin:xiao)is considered among the greatest of virtues and must be shown towards both the living and the dead (ancestors).The term "filial",meaning "of a child",denotes the respect that a child,originally a son,should show to his parents.This relationship was extended by analogy to a series of five relationships(Chinese:五倫；pinyin: wǔlun)[1]: Sovereign to subject君臣 Parent to child ◆Husband to wife Elder to younger sibling Friend to friend (The members of this relationship are equal to one another)
Themes in Confucian thought "Filial piety" (Chinese: 孝; pinyin: xiào) is considered among the greatest of virtues and must be shown towards both the living and the dead (ancestors). The term "filial", meaning "of a child", denotes the respect that a child, originally a son, should show to his parents. This relationship was extended by analogy to a series of five relationships (Chinese: 五倫; pinyin: wǔlún)[1]: Sovereign to subject 君臣 Parent to child Husband to wife Elder to younger sibling Friend to friend (The members of this relationship are equal to one another)
Themes in Confucian thought Loyalty(Chinese:忠；pinyin:zhong)is the equivalent of filial piety on a different plane.It was particularly relevant for the social class to which most of Confucius' students belonged,because the only way for an ambitious young scholar to make his way in the Confucian Chinese world was to enter a ruler's civil service
Themes in Confucian thought Loyalty (Chinese: 忠; pinyin: zhōng) is the equivalent of filial piety on a different plane. It was particularly relevant for the social class to which most of Confucius' students belonged, because the only way for an ambitious young scholar to make his way in the Confucian Chinese world was to enter a ruler's civil service