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This paper discusses how, for the past thousand years, the "Analects of Confucius" have been used as guidelines for executives, politicians, military officers, and other members of society. "The Analects of Confucius" are a collection of sayings and brief conversations, appearing to be collected by his followers to describe the life of Confucius, which eliminates most of the later legends.

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"The essential information present in the Analects that Confucius wants to educate his followers is available in Book 18. The idea of Filial piety is the main obsession of Confucius. Filial piety, in a larger sense, is concerned with implied structure of social values present in the relationship between ruler and his subjects; and also it is concerned with the relationship between the aged and youth. The characteristics required in the idea of junzi, the superior male, as the ideal government administrator, is symbolically explained by Confucius in an effort to take good, fine and efficient government as his primary objective. The junzi should be able to distinguish between an unreasonable leader and an astute leader by way of instantaneously leaving the unreasonable leader and by willingly serving the astute leader even if he is thrown out from his position three times."

Tags:government, society, teachings, china

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This paper examines "The Analects", a collection of Confucius, in which many of the writings appear to have been written by people other than Confucius. The purpose of the paper is to identify several such writings and discuss how they differ from and fit in with the overall Confucianism works.

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The paper reveals that the ambiguities defined in the four functions of poetry by Confucius have been altered through the historic translation of his philosophy on moral, emotive, and governing principles. The paper discusses how within the context of the ruler/text relationship that is often assigned to Confucian ideals on poetry, the linearity or successive relationship of each function defines a separate and often incompatible understanding of how poetry should be self-cultivating for the individual.

Tags:china, poettry, confuciuss

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This paper looks at why "The Analects of Confucius" is considered one of the greatest collections of non-western philosophical texts ever compiled. It delves into the discussions and teachings of the Chinese philosopher which stress the importance of achieving a state of peace and harmony between the self, state and the natural order. It also examines the main premise of the philosopher's writings which contend that the primary goal of man is to serve the state which will result in a better and more harmonious world. It discusses Confucius' views on obedience and the law and explores the philosopher's thoughts on what constitutes good governance. According to Confucius, harmony is vital to good governance and it is the duty of every person to fulfill his or her ideal function in the arranged social and heavenly order in furthering that state of harmony.

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"This notion of harmony is collective, meaning that all citizens of the state must fulfill his or her individual functions in his or her place for harmony to be achieved-it is not enough to take comfort in one's own private businesses, harmony is something that is collectively achieved. However, these individual duties and functions are different for every individual in the social order. Obligations, for example, differ for women and men, daughters and sons, rulers and ruled, and young and old. The purpose, for example, of a young man is different from the purpose of a slightly older scholar. "A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow in love to all, and cultivate the friendship of the good. When he has time and opportunity, after the performance of these things, he should employ them in polite studies."

Tags:asian, philosophy, governance, non, western, peace, harmony, good, evil

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This paper discusses the concepts of virtue from the perspective of Aristotelian philosophy and Confucian philosophy, based on these two philosophers' writings. Particularly noted is the effort both spent considering the concept of virtue and the good life and how to achieve this state. The paper explains how for Aristotle it required the understanding of virtue and for Confucius it required the understanding of propriety.

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"Aristotle, as his philosophical progenitors before him, Socrates and Plato, spent considerable energy defining or discussing what it means to be a good or a virtuous man. While it is arguable that a definitive answer is ever identified by him or any other philosophical writer, this particular intellectual pursuit seems to have been an inquiry that spans cultures as well as ages. In his "Ethica Nicomachea," or the "Nichomachean Ethics," Aristotle speaks of three types of lives: 1) the life of enjoyment, 2) the political life and 3) the contemplative life (Mckeon). In this categorization of the styles of lives that people may follow, Aristotle hopes to lead his reader to the conclusion that virtue in association with the first two is a shallow pursuit and lacks sincerity."

Tags:aristotle, confucius, virtue

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This is an exegetical paper commencing from various parts of "The Analects of Confucius". The paper discusses concepts of human heartedness and righteousness, turning to the more dynamic society based on human love. The paper further discusses the "Will of Heaven", by Mozi and the works of Chan and Fung. The paper emphasizes Mozi's criticism of Confucian fatalism and the need for a still more dynamic social ethos.

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"The Analects, and Confucian thought, at large, mean rather different things to different people, and in terms of their influence upon Chinese thought, through time. Concepts of ren and jen, as they translate roughly to good or `human-heartedness', or `humanity', do contrast with what many more readers discern in the concept of yi, considered in English as `righteousness'. Confucian thought popularly associated with order or the regulation of society is found to offer a dynamic of universal love that seems much less reported."

Tags:confucius, analects, mozi

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This paper analyzes a paragraph from "The Analects" of Confucius as detailed in the historical perspective brought forth by Zhu Xi in his interpretation of this philosophy. The paper discusses the universal world view of the good or ren in Zhu Xi's innate beliefs about humanity, and explains that the 'qi' provides a great obstacle to the innate goodness that resides in human nature.

Tags:confucius, religion, analects

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The paper analyzes the "Analects" and "The Mencius", both ostensibly written by disciples of Confucius, and asserts that the underlying theme of Confucian thought, if one reads carefully the surviving primary documents, is that Confucianism is absorbed with creating a practical code of ethics that will thwart social upheaval and allow for the orderly operation of the state. To substantiate this thesis, the paper looks at several notions - the Confucian concept of the gentleman, the ideal of "humanity" when dealing with others, the Confucian notion of filial piety, Confucius' model of what the proper goal of good governance should be, the Confucian mistrust of the military, and the pessimistic view of human nature explicit throughout works such as "The Mencius". The paper aims to demonstrate how Confucianism holds the greatest good to be protecting the state from the ravages of violent upheaval.

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"The following paper will analyze the "Analects" and "The Mencius", both ostensibly written by disciples of Confucius, and assert that the underlying theme of Confucian thought, if one reads carefully the surviving primary documents, is that Confucianism is absorbed with creating a practical code of ethics that will thwart social upheaval and allow for the orderly operation of the state. To substantiate this thesis, several notions - the Confucian concept of the gentleman, the ideal of "humanity" when dealing with others, the Confucian notion of filial piety,..."

Tags:analects, mencius, sources

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This paper discusses the family unit and its relationship with politics. It looks at John Locke's views, in his "Second Treatise of Government" of the place and nature of the family as a social unit in its contribution to what we today know as political science. It also looks at the viewed expressed in "The Analects" of Confucius. The paper compares and contrasts the two authors' views on family and politics.

Outline:
Introduction
Second Treatise of Government
The Analects and the Ideal Family
Reflection and Conclusion

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"As approaches to the family in relation to the greater forces of politic science and social order, both Locke and Confucius are intriguing to investigate, again, referring to the present, given that both began in reactions to observed and experienced political turbulence and situations of social disorder. For instance, what does it mean when conservative Americans and others proclaim the need for what are called Family Values, or why is it that members of non-Western societies so denounce what they perceive of Western individualism and non-existent family life? Put differently, what implications can be expected in societies to very much emphasis individualism, personal agency and competition, as part of how children are prepared for adult life? In the case of what is referred to as the Sinic World of cultures shaped by Chinese civilization, why might authoritarian governments of one kind or another be expected, or accepted?"

Tags:values, regime, society, disorder, stability

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This paper reviews three separate works which deal with the issues of love, the afterlife and culture in different ways. These three issues are explored through the Hindu philosophy expressed in the "Bhagavad Gita," the "Analects" of the Chinese philosopher Confucius, and the Platonic dialogue "The Symposium". The writer reviews each work separately to show how each author presented the issue to his public.

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"Arjuna is presented as both the master archer and the eternal student, learning from his Lord Krishna and serving as the stand-in for the average man. The lessons learned by Arjuna are those every person is expected to learn and to put into action in his or her own life. In the "Bhagavad Gita," the eve of the great battle arrives, and Arjuna, driven by his charioteer, Krishna, moves to the front line so he can look over the opposing army he will have to face the next day."

Tags:hindu, philosophy, confucius, plato, socrates, society, krishna