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Zhou Dynasty
Brenna Cline
Introduction
The Zhou dynasty accomplished many
things. They made China a better whole using
different religions. There was Confucianism,
Daoism, and Legalism.
There was a lot of books involved like The
Analects and The Dao De Jing. The Analects
was used for Confucianism and the Dao De Jing
was used for Daoism. In this slideshow you’ll
learn if the Zhou dynasty was right for ancient
China to make it a whole.
Confucianism
Confucius taught Confucianism to people and they
gathered the information into a book called The Analects.
Confucius also said to his followers, “The gentleman 1st
practices what he preaches & then preaches what he
practices”. His teachings tell to lead by example with
your peers. They did this using the five relationships
ruler and subject, husband and wife, father and son,
older sibling and younger sibling, and friend and friend.
Confucius’ main idea for Confucianism was people
can gain peace and happiness by cooperating with
society. Also the government should do its duty to the
people and not abuse or ask too much of them.
Daoism
Living in harmony with nature was one of the
ways Daoist's gained peace and happiness.
Their teachings were to let things happen, and
accept all that comes naturally. Daoism was also
filled with opposites. The yin and yang were one,
which means “shadow” and “sunlit”.
Lao-tzu believed the way to happiness was
for people to “go with the flow”. He also thought
it was wrong for the government to make rules
and laws about how people should behave
because this would only make people act the
same way all the time.
Legalism
Hanfeizi taught Legalism by saying there’s punishment for bad
behavior and reward for good. He agreed with Confucius by trying to
find peace and happiness but thought it should be taught differently.
He also believed man was naturally selfish. Hanfeizi wrote “He who
trusts will be controlled by others”.
Qin believed in this way also. It was illegal to disagree with
Qin’s law. Even suggest something different and you’d be put to
death immediately. Qin also used a spying system. It was the law to
spy on your neighbors and turn in the law breakers. If you did this
you’d get a reward. But if you didn’t you would be executed. The spy
system worked very well.
Conclusion
By these main ideas with
Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism, I
think they helped unify China making it a
whole.