Development of confucianism.pptVIP

New word Codify [k?difai] vt. 编纂；将...编成法典 Depraved [dipreivd] adj. 堕落的；腐化的 exponent[iksp?un?nt] n.典型 eclipse[iklips] n. 黯然失色 despot[desp?t] n. 专制君主 inoculate[in?kjuleit] vt. 灌输 sanctify[s??ktifai] vt. 使圣洁；使神圣化 metaphysics[,met?fiziks] n. 形而上学 Canon[k?n?n] n. 标准 Confucianism is the equivalent to the Chinese Rujia ,Ruxue,Rujiao. Ru means “a learned scholar” Since Confucius and his disciples were well-learned people, the ideologies put forward by Confucius and developed by his disciples and later followers were given the name Ruxue. Confucianism was chosen by Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty and used as a political system and a kind of state religion. In the centuries after Confucius , (during the Warring States period)Mencius and Xun Zi developed an effective scholastic tradition and codified the principles of Confucianism. He believed, however, that original human goodness can become depraved through one’s own destructive efforts or through contact with an evil environment. 民为贵，社稷次之，君为轻 仁政 性本善 He believed that desires should be guided and restrained by the rules of propriety and that character should be molded by an orderly observance of rites and by the practice of music. 性本恶 用礼乐来规范人的行为 Han dynasty Confucianism was revived. The new bureaucratic state established by the despot made an alliance. Doctrine and sponsored Confucian scholars in the court. the official state philosophy. Dong zhongshu First recommended a system of education built upon the teachings of Confucius. close correspondence between human beings and nature 天人合一 a person s deeds Especially those of the sovereign are often responsible for unusual phenomena in nature. Actual power The doctrine became a system for the training of officials. The Confucian schools became state schools, serving to inoculate methods of government . In the political chaos By the rival philosophies of Taoism and buddhism and the philosophy suffered a temporary setback. Nevertheless,the Confucian classics