"School of the scholars" (儒家; Rújiā)

Dec 19, 2009 11:46

Confucianism (儒家) is a Chinese ethical and philosophical system developed from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius.
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The basic teachings of Confucianism stress the importance of education for moral development of the individual so that the state can be governed by moral virtue rather than by the use of coercive laws.
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religion, philosophy, asian, tradition

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dar205 December 20 2009, 01:12:21 UTC
Thank you. This is all pretty much just me preparing for my course in Chinese Art this upcoming term, but since China and Japan share influences, this will do me good stead when I start to focus on just that.

I'll add those books to my list.

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