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DAOISM, CONFUCIANISM,
LEGALISM
By
Alex B.
CONFUCIUS
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Confucius lived from 551 to 479 B.C.E.
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Confucius is based on old Chinese traditions.
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He was born in the small state of Lu.
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He believed law and order were needed to maintain every day life.
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China was invaded many times during Confucius’s life, so he
wanted to create a peace treaty of China’s history.
He made a great impact on Chinese history.
CONFUCIUS
TEACHINGS OF CONFUCIANISM
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Confucius respected Chinese history and focused his teachings on
the Chinese culture and history.
His goal was to create a peaceful land for all Chinese people.
Confucius made this possible by creating higher and lower
classes. This was called feudalism where the king owned all of the
land.
Peasants were claimed as the lower class.
Confucius also wrote poetry for all of the land to read. After his
death he attracted many students who spread his teachings.
DAOISM
Like Confucianism, Daoism gave answers to right
living and government.
 Some modern scholars believe Laozi was the wise
man of Daoism. Many believe he was an actual
person.
 Laozi wrote The Dao De Jing (The Classic of the
Way and Its Power).
 The Dao De Jing taught a simple way of living.
One passage reads, ‘‘If you do not want your
house to be molested by robbers, Do not fill it with
gold and jade. Wealth, rank and arrogance add
up to ruin, As surely as two and two are four.’’
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DAOISM AS A RELIGION
DAOISM YIN AND YANG
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Balancing the opposite forces of nature are called
Yin and Yang.
Yin means shaded, and Yang means sunlit.
Daoist rulers should behave by being weak and
letting things form by themselves.
Daoism encouraged rulers to rule less harshly
and to live naturally.
LEGALISM
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The founder of Legalism was Hanfeizi.
Hanfeizi was a prince of the royal family of The State
of Han.
Hanfeizi was very concerned with peace and order in
society.
Hanfeizi thought that it was possible to be stern but
not cruel while ruling.
According to Hanfeizi, “He who trusts will be
controlled by others.”
LEGALISM
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The Qin dynasty seized control of China at the
end of the Warring Sates period.
People were forbidden to criticize the
government.
CONFUCIANISM, DAOISM AND LEGALISM
WERE THREE PHILOSOPHIES THAT
INFLUENCED CHINESE GOVERNMENT,
CULTURE AND HISTORY. EACH OFFERED A
WAY TO HAVE PEACE AND ORDER IN
SOCIETY.
SOURCES AND CITATIONS
Link to China Connection Tours
http://www.china-tour.cn/Chinese-History/The-Golden-Age-ofChinese-Philosophy.htm
Link to Image of Confucius
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://othersideofthe
planet.com/wp-content/uploads/Confucius_cute.jpg
Image of Daoism as Religion
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://landsofwisdo
m.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Han-Feizi.jpg
Frey, Wendy. “History Alive! The Ancient World.” Student
Edition. Palo Alto, CA: Teachers’ Curriculum Institute,
2004.