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The Unification of China

The Unification of China . Standard 1.1 E.Q. How did political ideas change the Chinese Dynasty? . Confucius and the Social Order . Confucius: China’s influential scholar. Born in time of crisis had a desire to restore the order and moral living of society.

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The Unification of China

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  1. The Unification of China Standard 1.1 E.Q. How did political ideas change the Chinese Dynasty?

  2. Confucius and the Social Order • Confucius: China’s influential scholar. • Born in time of crisis had a desire to restore the order and moral living of society. • Believed that social order, harmony, and good government could be restored China.

  3. Confucius Urges Harmony • Organized around five basic relationships: • Ruler and subject • Father and Son • Husband and wife • Older and younger brother • Friend and Friend • Rulers should practice kindness virtuous living in exchange, subjects should be loyal and law abiding. • Filial Piety: Respect for their parents and ancestors. Requires to honor their parent’s memories after death through the performance of certain rituals.

  4. Confucian Ideas of Government • Wanted to governments to governor wisely. Duke of Lu appointed him minister of justice. • Bureaucracy: Trained civil service, or those who run the government. • In other words education became critically important to career advancement in the bureaucracy. • Confucianism was an ethical system based on accepted principles of right and wrong. • Upanishads: Works of Confucius compiled into a book. Written dialogues between a student a teacher.

  5. Daoism Seeks Harmony • Laozi believed that only the natural order was important and had relation to all living things. • Believed that a universal force called the Dao, meaning “the way” guides all things. • Humans only fail to follow the Dao. • Daoism: the search for knowledge and understanding of nature. Penzai

  6. Legalists Urge Harsh Rule • Hanefeizi and Li Si was a more political thinkers known as legalists. • Believed that a highly efficient and powerful government is key to restoring order in society. • Legalism: Highly efficient and powerful government is the key to social order. • Punishments are useful to maintain order. • Provided rich rewards for people who carried out their duties well.

  7. I Ching and Yin and Yang • Book of use instead of Confucianism Daoism or Legalism. Would solve ethical or practical problems by throwing coins and interpreting the results. • Ying and Yang: Two powers that together represents the natural rhythms of life. • Yin represented all that is cold, dark, and soft, and mysterious. • Yang is the opposite warm, bright, hard, and clear. • Both represent the rhythm of the universe and complement each other .

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