Transcript Chinese Philosophies - Windsor Central School District

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New
Dynasty
New Dynasty
claims Mandate
of Heaven
Problems
Generations
go by…
Old
Dynasty
Old Dynasty
loses
Mandate of
Heaven
 Bell Ringer (good job )
 Review Homework
 Notes – Three Schools of Thought
 Activity – How would you handle it?
 What is wrong with the way King Chao rules
China?
 Too many nobles have too much power
 What examples does Ying-hou use to
strengthen his argument?
 Sharing a genie’s power
 Too much fruit on a branch hurts the tree, just
like too much power to nobles hurts the king
 What advice would Ying-hou give the king?
 The central government (king) must be
stronger than the nobles
 Zhou fell into a period of “Warring
States”
 Lots of violence
 All the feudal lords started fighting with one
another instead of acting like a unit
 The people believed that the Zhou had
lost the mandate of heaven
 Three schools of thought developed
during this period…
 During the period of “Warring States”, a teacher
emerged named Confucius
 Taught people to accept place in society
 This would mean there was no fighting and the society
would be stable
 Filial Piety – Respect for family, especially parents
and elders
 Believed rulers should set good examples for people
and take advice from educated men
 In order to govern others, you must first govern yourself
 Emphasis placed on education and moral
development
Relationship
Appropriate Virtue
Father/son
Filial piety
Ruler/subject
Loyalty
Brother/brother
Brotherliness
Husband/wife
Love and obedience
Friend/friend
Faithfulness
 What does this say about the role of
women in Confucian society?
 What was the role of the superior in the
relationship?
 What was the role of the inferior in the
relationship?
 Started by another
philosopher named
Han Feizi
 Believed a good
ruler should use
strict laws with
harsh punishments
 Created by philosopher Laozi
 Daoists wanted to live in harmony with nature
 A good government is a hands-off
government
 Believed in balance
 Yin – Earth, Darkness, Female Forces
 Yang – Heaven, Light, Male Forces
 Harmony and peace depended on balance
between Yin and Yang
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