Download A. Confucius

Great People and Great
Inventions of Ancient
China
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 Focus: Reading
 Studying aims:
 1. To master some words and
 expressions.
 2. To improve reading skills.
 3.To Know something about
 three Chinese philosophers and their ideas.
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1.Exploring the old and
deducing(推论)the new makes
a teacher.
兼爱非攻。
Confucius (孔子）
2. Good chances, favorable
environment and support from
the people.
温故而知新，
Mencius(孟子）
3.Universal
love, condemnation of
aggression（侵略）. Mozi (墨子）
天时地利人和。
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可以为师矣 。
Confucius
孔子（前551～前479）名
丘，字仲尼,鲁国人。春秋
后期伟大的思想家
(thinker)、教育家,儒家的
创始人。提出了“仁”的学
说（teachings)，是中国古
代著名哲学家
（philosopher)。
philosophy: the study of nature
and meaning of existence,
truth, good and evil, etc.
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孟子(前372—前289)名轲，
战国中期鲁国邹人。受业
于子思(孔子之孙，名)之
门人，曾游历于宋、滕、
魏、齐等国，阐述他的政
治原则（principle)，还
曾在齐为顾问（adviser)。
晚年退而著书，传世有
《孟子 》七篇。他是战国
中期儒家的代表。
Mencius
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Mozi
墨翟（公元前
476—390），人
们尊称墨子。他是
战国初年的鲁国人，
思想家、学者，墨
家学派创始人。著
有《墨子》一书 。
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Philosophers of Ancient
China
confucius
Mencius
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Mozi
Read the passage quickly and
answer the following questions.
1)Which ancient(古代的) philosophers were
mentioned in the passage?
Confucius, Mencius and Mozi.
2)What did Confucius stress?
The importance of kindness, duty and order in
society.
3)In what way were Confucius’s ideas different from
Mozi’s idea?
Mozi’s idea of love was different from the
Confucian idea of kindness.
order (n.) bring up found (v.) principle belief stressed
position resign adviser influential following sb’s advice
 1. an idea that influences the way you behave
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_________
principle
found
2. to start an organisation or philosophy
_________
belief
3. the feeling that something is true and exists
_________
order
4. when people obey laws and rules and do not cause trouble _______
bring up
5. to look after children until they are adults
__________
stress
6. give a lot of importance to
__________
position
7. job
__________
following
sb’s advice
8. Doing what he suggested
__________________
 9. tell your employer that you are going to leave your job
 10. someone who gives advice
 11. having a lot of influence
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__________
resign
___________
adviser
___________
influential
Read the passage and fill in the blanks
Paragraph 1
Confucius
Introduction about __________
551BC
________
--- 479BC
The greatest influence
(more than2,000years)
He stressed the importance of
kindness
duty and ______
order in
________, _______
society.
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Read the passage and fill in the blanks
Paragraph
Mencius
2 Introduction about ________
born in ______
BC and brought
372
his _______
mother only
up by ____
at an important ________
position in the
government
_________ first and later resigned
_______
The Book of ___________
Mencius
Man was ________
.
kind
People were more important
_______
than ______
rulers
hate the _____
cruel ___________
government
Read the passage and fill in the blanks
Paragraph
Mozi
3 Introduction about ___________
476BC --- 390 BC
_________
Government was most important .
__________
All man are _________
equal
.
love all ______
human ________
beings and look
after the weak
war
hate the idea of ______
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1. Whose influence has been the greatest among all the
philosophers of ancient China?
A. Mencius B. Mozi
C. Confucius
2. Confucius stressed the importance of the following
aspects except__________
A. Kindness
B. friendship C. order D. duty
3. Which is NOT the right statement about Mozi?
A. He was known for his unusual clothes and behavior.
B. He hated the idea of war.
C. All his beliefs were the same as Confucius.
D. He believed all men were equal.
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4. “If the government was kind, then people would be good.” is the teaching of
_________.
A. Mencius
B.Confucius
C. Mozi
5. In some ways, Mozi’s beliefs were similar to those of______.
A. Mozi
B. Mencius
C. Confucius
6. Which shows the right order of time when the three great thinkers
lived?
A. Confucius--- Mencius ---Mozi
B. Mencius----Mozi----Confucius
C. Confucius---Mozi---Mencius
D.Mozi--- Mencius---Confucius
7. What’s main idea of the passage?
A. The author wants to make people believe in the
teachings by thinkers of ancient.
B. The author wants to introduce three influential
philosophers of ancient China.
C. The author wants to tell interesting stories about
three important teachers in ancient China.
D. The author wants to show the history of
philosophy in ancient China.
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Read again and decide which statements are true or false.
1. Mozi stress the importance of kindness, duty
and order in society.
2. Mencius’ teachings were very similar to Mozi’s.
3. Mencius was brought up by his grandmother.
4. Mencius resigned because the ruler didn’t pay
him.
5. Mencius believe that man is good, and the
rulers were more important than people.
6. Mozi’s idea of love was the same with the
Confucian idea of kindness.
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hated the idea of war.
Discussion
1.Which of the following opinions
do you think is the most
important? And why?
(1)All men are equal.
(2)Kindness and love.
(3)Peace.
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2.Who, in ancient China, has impressed you
the most so far? Qin Shihuang or Li Shimin?
Confucius, Mencius, Mozi? Why ?
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1.All men are equal.
equal rights, equal pay for equal work,
attend schools for free
2. kindness, love and look after the weak in society.
hope project, One in trouble, all to help.(一方有难，八方
支援）, harmonious society(和谐社会）。
3.Peace.
In history, great damage of wars, lose one’s life, destroy
buildings ,homeless, lead a …life, peace and
development, one world one dream.
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“The Warm 2008”.
As we all know, in the winter,2008 ,the
snowstorm hit many provinces in China.
Many people were leading a hard life,
without enough water, food and electricity.
Our people gave a helping hand to those in
disaster. The snowstorm has no love, but we
have love, the snowstorm is cold, but we are
warm. One in trouble, all to help. We will
never forget “the warm 2008”.
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The Hope Project
In some parts of our country, some children
are so poor that they can’t afford to go to
school. people of all walks of life pay more
attention to the problem and contribute
much money to help them return to school.
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 Peace and development are the two
subjects of our modern world. In history,
wars have caused great damage to people.
Many people lost their lives, many people
became homeless, and people led a hard
and poor life. People all over the world
wants a peaceful environment. “One world,
one dream” ,the Beijing 2008 Olympic
Games calls on us to make contributions to
a peaceful and harmonious world.
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Anybody can help others
with a willing heart. Let’s
try our best to lend others
a helping hand and work
hand in
hand to create
a harmonious Just do it!
society(和谐社会).
1.Try to retell the passage
“philosophers of ancient China”
2.Write a composition about a
famous person in ancient China.
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