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Confucian Thought, 2007.
An analysis of Confucian thought and its influence on pedagogy today.
1,885 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper discusses the history of Confucian thought. The paper explains Confucius' theory that advocated the creation of a common community of moral teaching, rather than stressing the individual in isolation. It suggest that his influence is felt in the modern educational system today and describes ways in which this is true. The paper also explains the background of many of the cliches about Confucian thought that we have in society today.
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"According to the Confucian scholar Tu Wei-ming, Confucius even has a great deal to say to persons involved in the modern debates revolving around multiculturalism. Despite Confucius' place in his own Chinese tradition as a transmitter of culture and a teacher of long-shared values, Wei-ming stresses that "to truly find one's roots, to find inspiration in one's ethnicity and cultural tradition, one must go beyond a closed ethnocentrism or a narrowly conceived culturalism," because cultivation of li, or right teaching is never mere-navel gazing. It is locating the immediate and ancestral family and tradition as part of a greater world community. (Wei-ming, 2006) Knowing family history alone is not enough. Rather, a student must know the collective history of the nation and the world, to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, and to replicate the right moral teachings of his or her ancestors. This is underlined in every good civics class in America today, even if avoiding historical mistakes can be difficult."
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A Critique of Confucianism, 2006.
An overview of Confucianism and a look at how Confucianism has affected Chinese civilization.
4,956 words (approx. 19.8 pages), 49 sources, MLA, $ 125.95
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This paper introduces the philosophy of Confucianism and looks at the founder of Confucianism and the impact that Confucianism has had on Chinese civilization and character. The paper also presents a short history of China and analyzes the affect that Confucianism may have had on China's politics and political systems throughout the ages.
Introduction
Who was Confucius? What is Confucianism?
How Has Confucianism Affected Chinese Civilization
Confucianism and the Chinese Character
Has Confucianism Been the Downfall of China?
A Short History of China
Theories of Democratization
Understanding Political Developments
Political Institution Thesis
Western Philosophy and Western Character
Puritans, Total Reformation for the Glory of God
The Attack of Confucianism
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"The political history of China is interesting in that most new dynasties were created by militaristic totalitarian dictators who conquered and ruled with the backing of an army of some type. These primary revolutionary regimes usually fell back on philosophical legalism as an excuse for their totalitarian excesses. If we examine the evolution each dynasty, including that of Mao Tse Tung, we can observe that the first emperor usually was an aggressive military leader, and each succeeding emperor became more scholarly and intellectual, thereby conforming more and more to the Confucian ideal of the perfect ruler. After the fall of the Chin empire and the reestablishment of the ancient schools of thought the Emperor ruled the country with the assistance of an Academic Army of Chinese Scholars dubbed "The Literati". As with any regime, there were times that the ruling emperor and the literati were in agreement and other times when there was tremendous disagreement. The Song period was one era where the Emperor and the Literati held dichotomous views of both philosophy and government. "
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Confucianism in Korea, 2002.
A discussion of the impact of Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism upon the Korean Kingdoms.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper will show, Confucianism - and particularly Neo-Confucianism - had significant influences upon the political and social fabric of Korea. While these influences sometimes possessed positive political and social results - for example, with the rejuvenation of Korean political culture - they also had negative consequences as well in the political and religious persecutions and controversies that accompanied this effort of national rejuvenation.
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Buddhism and Confucianism, 2008.
This paper describes and compares two world religions, Buddhism and Confucianism.
2,265 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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This paper explains that Buddhism and Confucianism are quite different. The author points out that Buddhism believes in reincarnation while Confucianism does not. The paper relates that Buddhism is absorbed with metaphysical things to an extent that Confucianism is not. The author states that, while it does seem engrossed in metaphysical matters, Buddhism is more prescriptive than Confucianism in the sense that it lays down very specific moral precepts as opposed to Confucianism's broad doctrinal principles. The paper further asserts that, while there are some general similarities, there certainly appear to be many more dissimilarities - and there is no question that Buddhism is inward-looking and fixated upon impractical matters in a way that Confucianism is not.
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"Ashby's online article also introduces a number of other interesting details that hint at how the intellectual, philosophical and moral training of a Confucian will differ from the training granted a Buddhist. Chiefly, Confucians throughout time have been motivated by social and/or political concerns, and have immersed themselves in the difficult task of governance. Implicit in all of this, of course, is that young people raised as Confucians have been trained in the cognitive skills needed to assume leadership positions in public life."
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Taoism and Confucianism, 2002.
A comparative analysis of the origins and beliefs of Taoism and Confucianism.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper will show how both religions of philosophy called Taoism and Confucianism are interrelated by various means, but also have very differing qualities of rule. By analyzing these different means, we can see why they differ and how they are similar in the context of the people that pioneered the thought that they create. Both spheres of thought tell us that they are both related in certain ways and that they are different in other; these facets of the Chinese philosophy will be explored here.
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Confucian Ideals and Everyday Life, 2002.
Examines how ideas from the Confucian religion come up against problems when trying to be applied to everyday life events in Imperial China.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 11 sources, $ 71.95
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Confucianism, the dominant worldview in Imperial China, placed tremendous value on social order and hierarchical relationships. It envisaged an order society with the Emperor at the top and his authority expressed through a Confucian bureaucracy administering Confucian laws. The realities of daily life contradicted this model. Periodic rebellions, banditry, human avarice and a host of other factors undermined the Confucian ideals. This paper examines a variety of primary sources to identify countercurrents to the dominant Confucian ideology in Imperial China.
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Confucianism and Taoism, 2004.
A comparative analysis of the philosophies of Confucianism and Taoism.
2,758 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 82.95
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This paper examines the history and foundation of the Eastern religions, Confucianism and Taoism. It looks at how they are considered natural complements to each other, despite the superficial differences since Taoism grounds Chinese sensibilities, while Confucianism elevates it to treatment and relationships to others. It also discusses how human life is an important aspect of both Confucianism and Taoism, although for differing reasons, and how moral codes, ethics, and personal integrity are central to Confucianism and how, in Taoism, talent, inner spirit, style, and temperament rule the actions and subjects.
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"In China, people are schooled in the idea that every action a person takes affects another person. The Confucian claim is that ?apart from human relationships there is no self. The self is a center of relationships? (Smith 1991). But there is a sense of individual self in Confucian terms because the ?call to self-examination and introspection generally shows that he not only recognized an interior side to the self but considered it important? (Smith 182). Confucius felt that a person who tried to be a chun tzu was a happier person. When we behave in a way that benefits others, we are happier. Human relationships are fulfilling when we become fully realized human beings or chun zu. (Christianity, Judaism and Islam believe that we cannot do this alone and need God?s help to do it."
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"Confucianism and Ecology", 2002.
An analysis of the Chinese perspective on ecology through a review of "Confucianism and Ecology" by Mary Tucker.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This paper will discuss the book "Confucianism and Ecology" by Mary Tucker and discuss the chapter: "The Trinity of Cosmology, Ecology, and Ethics in the Confucian Personhood and Motifs for a New Confucian Ecological Vision" to reveal the nature of Confucianism in the ethical premise of the cosmos in which it if discussed in ecology. By understanding these motifs for the environment, we can better understand a Chinese perspective on the way this philosophy works in a western thought process..
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John K. Fairbank's "Chinese Thought and Institutions", 2006.
A critical review essay of John King Fairbank's collection of papers, "Chinese Thought and Institutions".
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper describes several papers from John K. Fairbanks collection of papers, "Chinese Thought and Institutions", and explains how they tend to show that Confucianism helped gear China for Communism because it fostered different expectations of government and the state.
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"John King Fairbank (1907-1991) was born in North Dakota and educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, the University of Wisconsin, and Harvard, before he went to Oxford in 1929, as a Rhodes scholar. He spent most of 1929 to 1936 researching in 'Peiping', as Beijing was then called. He then returned to the United States and was made a professor of modern Chinese history at Harvard. (AHA, 1993) Professor Fairbank wrote on American trade and diplomacy involving China and with Professor S.Y. Teng, on China's response to Western influence."
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Confucianism and Christianity, 2008.
A comparative analysis of the beliefs of Confucianism and Christianity.
1,398 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper looks at Confucianism with an eye towards comparing it to the western world's greatest contribution to global moral philosophy: Christianity. It discusses how Confucianism is a humanistic and highly rational philosophy that eschews faith in favor of reason and how it also views heaven in a much more nuanced way than Christianity, preferring to see in it many things. The paper argues that Confucianism subordinates the individual to a rigorous form of ethical reasoning that is not wholly dissimilar to Platonism whereas Christianity seeks the subordination of the individual to God above. In the end, Confucianism, whatever its shortcomings as a regulator of human conduct, can properly be called the antecedent to contemporary humanism in a way that Christianity, obviously, cannot.
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"To begin with, Confucianism is about discerning a proper mode of conduct; in other words, it is about setting up a way of seeing and organizing the world that frustrates behavior that would do more harm to society than good. William Theodore de Bary writes that Confucianism holds out a vision of an ideal social order that emphasizes historic values over "fixed eternal verities" (Woo, 71+). More recently, Neo-Confucianism - a cross between traditional Confucianism and Buddhist thought (for a brief discussion of Neo-Confucianism's preoccupation with Buddhist philosophical strains, please see Woo, 71+) - has leaped to the forefront with an equally passionate plea for a well-ordered society founded upon good (moral) conduct that appears to have many of the same fundamental tenets as classic, archaic Confucianism. "
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Confucianism Across Chinese History, 2008.
An analysis of the changing nature of Confucianism from the time of the Warring States to the Ming Dynasty.
2,005 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper discusses the evolution of Confucianism and how it was adapted to serve the changing needs of the Chinese state with which it came to be so identified. It looks at the changes in Confucianism from the time of the Warring States to the Ming Dynasty. The paper also describes the importance of Confucianism in Chinese history and the fundamental disagreements about Confucianism that extend throughout Chinese history.
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"This passage is interesting for its emphasis on how the Confucian focus on ritual can be oriented towards the individual and the individuals local relationships, with the broader implications for the state clearly being secondary. Clearly, this represents a profound shift from the heavy emphasis of Confucianism since the Han upon how Confucianism is useful to the state and government. Now, with Neo-Confucianism, Zhu Xi seems to suggest that the Chinese people have different needs that must be met in new ways through an adaptation of traditional Confucian thinking. In this adaptation, it may be argued, Zhu Xi is continuing int he practice of continual revision of Confucianism(s) that have defined the evolution of this philosophy in theory and practice throughout Chinese imperial history."
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Confucianism and Daoism, 2005.
This paper compares the ideas of Confucianism and Daoism.
1,930 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 61.95
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This paper explains that the ideas of Confucianism and Daoism seem contradictory at times, yet the two deal almost exclusively with man's place in the world: Daoists fear society because they believe individuals would not realize their place in the grander scheme of things, but Confucianism believes that man's place in this world is with others to interact with men and their surroundings. The author points out that these two thoughts have merged and dictated Chinese culture providing its followers with a secular guide to life. The paper relates that, like Confucians, Daoists believe in the harmony and balance of nature; the forces Ying and the Yang play a role in the changes in the world.
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"Another idea contra to Confucian thought was the idea of knowledge. Confucius stressed the idea of studying the great libraries of thought to acquire a knowledge that would aid in the betterment of themselves and their fellow men. Confucius suggests that any man is capable of leadership, goodness, and most importantly knowledge. It is in an individual's merit and determination that he finds enlightenment. In contrast Daoism speaks of "the way" in a much loftier sense, "the Tao is one and indivisible, knowledge of it cannot be gained piecemeal, bit by bit. It is not a science; it cannot be the object of a cumulative learning process[...] ultimately the Tao will be known, if at all, as an experience of oneness in which the knower becomes the Tao, not through a transformation". There in lies a sharp contrast in the ideas and schools of learning with tao representing an ultimate understanding of the universe and its workings."
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Chinese Confucianism in Korea, 2002.
An overview of the Confucian influence upon Korea during the Choson (Yi) Dynasty.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper will examine the nature and impact of Confucianism upon Korea during this period. It will be argued that this Confucianism - although a cultural "import" from China - had begun to assume definite Korean characteristics at around this time. The key difference between the two, it will be seen, lies in that Chinese Confucianism remained largely an ideal of social and political practice in China, while the Koreans implemented it as the guiding principle of their political actions and the construction of their state.
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The Confucian Family, 2005.
A discussion of the relevance of Confucian ideology for the Western family unit.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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The paper examines the Confucian view of the family and considers what aspects of it are appropriate for modern (American) life and what aspects are not appropriate for Western society. The writer argues that it appears most likely that the rigidly patriarchal nature of the Confucian family cannot stand up to modern sensibilities. The paper concludes that even though the societies have conflicting ideologies, the Confucian emphasis on respect is a healthy addition to any household.
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"The Confucian view of the family is one that has been increasingly challenged in recent years as the East and West draw closer together. The following brief paper will examine Confucian philosophy as it pertains to the family and suggest certain aspects of it that might hold promise for American families as well as certain aspects of it that American families should not seek to emulate. As will soon become apparent, Confucianism is a complicated matter when it is applied to the most important social unit of all. To begin with, Confucianism believes very strongly that the relationship between children and their parents is a rigidly hierarchical one: parents are to give the orders and children are expected to unquestioningly obey."
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