Download Focus: What can a society`s values reveal about its

Focus: What can a society’s
values reveal about its people?
Do Now: When your parents are alive,
you should not go too far afield (away)
in your travels. – Confucius
What does this quote mean? Do you
agree with it? Why/why not?
Agenda
• Do Now
• Confucius Reading
–5 key facts from the reading
• Analects Analysis
Key Words to know
• Zhou Dynasty (1700BC-1027BC): Northern
China: 3 things emerged as important in
society:
– Family
– Social Ranking (social class)
– Religious beliefs
• Mandate of Heaven: idea in China that
rulers get the right to rule from a divine
power
Confucius Reading:
Directions:
Read and annotate (looking for main
ideas). Add 5 key facts to your notes at
the end!
5 Key Facts
• Confucius lived in a time of political unrest
• His thoughts are recorded in The Analects
• Confucianism is NOT a RELIGION!
(philosophy v. religion)
• Five Relationships
• Filial Piety
5 Relationships
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Father to son
Ruler to subject
Husband to wife
Older to younger sibling
Friend to Friend
Directions
• Match each of the proverbs with one of
the five relationships
• Write the proverbs in your own words
Reading The Analects
• What is each proverb saying?
• Do you agree with these statements?
• What can we infer about life in the
Zhou Dynasty?
• Can these be related to any other
laws/proverbs we have seen
• Do you think people can live by them
today? Why/why not?
1. Civilization Emerges in Shang Times
• 500,000 years ago ppl settled in China
• 2000 BC Chinese cities begin/Xia Dynasty
• Used irrigation and flood control to tame the Huang He
River **Yellow River**
• Shang Dynasty: 1700BC-1027BC
• Anyang—major capital. Made of wood. Wealthy—
houses; poor—huts
• Cities protected by walls
• Estimated > 12 years to build walls
• Frequent wars
• Warriors & Chariots used in wars