Saturday, November 19, 2011

Why was the book of documents by Confucius important and describe what it was?

i need this information and please no dumb answers|||because his ideas were suitable for ruling the country...


thus the government supported him...


later there was a guy who wanted another social structure...


but he didn't have a goof heir so his efforts were in vain...


to gain people's respect the new ruler brought back the old good ideas...


and they worked for a while until pretty recently when the new and modern ideology was established...|||Confucius is also called K'ung-fu-tzu, Kongfuzi or Master K'ung.His philosophy emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. These values gained prominence in China over other doctrines, such as Legalism (法家) or Taoism (道家) during the Han Dynasty (206 BC–220 AD). Confucius' thoughts have been developed into a system of philosophy known as Confucianism (儒家). It was introduced to Europe by the Jesuit Matteo Ricci, who was the first to Latinise the name as "Confucius."His teachings may be found in the Analects of Confucius (論語), a collection of "brief aphoristic fragments", which was compiled many years after his death. Modern historians do not believe that any specific documents can be said to have been written by Confucius, but for nearly 2,000 years he was thought to be the editor or author of all the Five Classics such as the Classic of Rites (editor), and the Spring and Autumn Annals (春秋) (author).





There are manydesignation for him, such as a great literary author, a politician, a philosopher and even a sage.But I think the most reasonable designation for him is a educationist.He is the man who first take education to ordinary people in China. Chinese people call him “ The First teacher“(先师孔子). In the long history in China, he's theory had been negated but his contribution to Chinese culture and education will never be covered.





His theory is mainly about Lǐ and Rén. Lǐ is things like politeness, manners, and , most importent, the behavior on ranks. It was antied by people who hold democrac idea. Rén is what require people treat each other in a kind and peaceful way.

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