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CONFUCIUS:Speaking to us
yet
The Ancient Chinese
philosopher’s words ring with
truth in a troubled world
So Much Trouble In the World
Terrorism
Gang Violence
War in
Iraq
World Hunger
Change the world
through your own
behavior
 Confucius lived in
troubled times
 He was disgusted by
the disorder and
criminality around him
 He believed by
unselfish behavior and
proper relationships
people could restore
order and goodness to
their world.
Biography
 Lived 551 BCE 479 BCE
 The Lu Province of
China
 Poor Family
 Father of 3 children
 Teacher
 Magistrate
GOVERNMENT
 a ruler should learn
self-discipline,
should govern his
subjects by his
own example, and
should treat them
with love and
concern.
www.time.com/time/europe/html/040419/mandela.html
FAMILY
 Devotion to
parents and older
siblings is most
basic to Confucian
teaching.
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Parents
 “In serving your father
and mother, you ought
to dissuade them from
doing wrong in the
gentlest way. If you
see your advice being
ignored, you should
not become
disobedient but should
remain reverent. You
should not complain
even if you are
distressed.”
www.iep.utm.edu/c/confuciu.htm#H1
How one person changed the
world: Immediate Effects
How one person changed the
world: Lasting Effects
The Analects
 lessons transmitted from antiquity.
 transmitter and not a maker”
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/confucius/
Continued 1
 Confucius' social philosophy largely
revolves around the concept of ren,
“compassion” or “loving others.”
 “Since you yourself desire standing
then help others achieve it, since you
yourself desire success then help
others attain it.”
Continued 2
 He regards devotion to parents and
older siblings as the most basic form
of promoting the interests of others
before one's own and teaches that
such altruism can be accomplished
only by those who have learned selfdiscipline.