Saturday, November 19, 2011

How and why does filial piety serve as a bedrock of confucius's philosophical system?

im doing my AP world history homework and im not too sure of the answer, help?|||Confucius believed in family and ritual. Filial piety is the respect children are to give to their parents, younger siblings to older siblings. Confucius believed in man's respect for men.


Confucius鈥?quot;It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs."





Note: that Confucius was a chauvinist. It may have been a product of the times being 550 BC, but he also said... "Only women and petty men are difficult to handle, be close to them and they are not humble, keep them at arms length and they complain." Analects 17:23





To look past his chauvinistic views is possible, but being an asian woman, I cannot say it isn't difficult to do.


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I feel Taoism philosophy is much more balanced in their view of men and women.|||Confucius taught a loving concern for all living beings.


The highest or most important ideal is goodness, humanity ("jen").


Confucius taught that family/filial love was worthy of our most personal caring/concern.


"Piety" is perhaps a less-descriptive and less-accurate term than "lovingkindness," as today "piety" perhaps implies a more stultified behavior, while "lovingkindness" is closer to the truth. "Piety" in 2500 BC Han China meant differently.





General source: "A Philosophy of Universality," O. M. Aivanhov,


"Nihilism," Eugene Rose,


"From Dawn to Decadence," Jacques Barzun.





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