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22 Confucius’ World and His Lifeforgotten most of what he had taught them about proper behavior andgood government. He might have thought that his life was in vain and histeachings would be lost. On the other hand, he was a passionate man whobelieved that the standards he followed were timeless, so he may yet havehad hope for the future. The one thing that is certain is that he had no ideathat he would be seen as the most influential thinker in Chinese history andthat his name would be known in countries he had never imagined.
2Confucius ’ Teachings I: TheFoundation of a Good PersonWhile we may not know much about the details of Confucius ’ life, we areon firmer ground when it comes to his thought. Here people argue not somuch over what Confucius taught but what that means.As a teacher, Confucius taught traditional subjects like poetry andhistory. However, he taught these things by shaping them to fit his ownideas. His teachings were based on the terms and ideas of his time, but aswe shall see, Confucius often radically reshaped these terms and ideas tofit what he wanted to say.How do you fix a world that is falling apart? Confucius offered athorough - going plan that addressed what we, as individuals, have to doand then how we must change society. In the first section we will look athow we can become adult, proper, people and then in the next section goon to see how we can then change society and government.We will begin with the building blocks of an inner disposition – filialpiety, dutifulness, honesty, sincerity, rightness, wisdom, and courage – andsee how all of this comes together in the attitude of humanity.Filial PietyWhen grandfather discovered that his ten - year - old grandson was lazy in hisstudies, he had the boy flogged. The boy ’ s parents were worried that thesefloggings would one day kill the child. The boy ’ s father tried to intervene withhis father and beg for leniency. The grandfather insisted that the grandsonmust study, and so flogged him harder.One day, the grandfather discovered his grandson playing in the snowwhen he should have been studying. Grandfather had the boy stripped nakedand left him kneeling in the snow while he considered the punishment. Theboy ’ s father did not dare say anything, but just stripped himself naked andkneeled down in the snow beside his son.
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12Confucianism and ModernityThe Qin
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13IssuesWhat is Confucianism?By now
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252 Suggestions for Further Reading
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254 BibliographyCsikszentmihalyi ,
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256 BibliographyNeville , Robert .
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260 IndexHeaven 4-5, 12, 29, 60-1,
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