3 Schools of Thought

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3 Schools of Thought

• Chinese Philosophies

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CONFUCIANISM

• FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS
• FOUNDER __________________
• People should express love and respect for others
  by practicing traditional rituals and honoring
  our ancestors

K'UNG FUTSE
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THE FIVE RELATIONSHIPS
RULER SUBJECT

• 1. ________________________
• 2. ________________________
• 3. ________________________
• 4. ________________________
• 5. ________________________

FATHER SON
ELDER YOUNGER BROTHER
HUSBAND WIFE
FRIEND AND FRIEND
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FAMILY AND RESPECT
LOVE AND RESPECT

• FILIAL PIETY ____________________
• ______________________________
• His thoughts on how to improve society were
  recorded in a book called
• THE _______________

FOR ONE'S ANCESTORS
ANALECTS
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TAOISM (DAOISM)

• NATURE AND BALANCE
• FOUNDER ____________
• TAO ________________
• The limitless force that is part of all creation

LAO-TSE
"THE WAY"
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TAOISM

• MAIN IDEA By finding ones place in nature, it
  is possible to __________________________________

FIND HARMONY WITH NATURE
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TAOISM
YANG
YIN

• _______________ ______________
• Balancing aspect of nature
• Hot and Cold
• Man and Woman
• Dark and Light
• Neither can exist without the
• other
• NOT AS INFLUENTIAL AS CONFUCIANISM BUT STILL
  IMPORTANT!!

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BUDDHISM

• KHARMA
• FOUNDER ________________________
• ORIGINALLY BEGAN IN ____________
• Life is full of pain and lies. One must
• be noble and virtuous to reach ______________

Siddhartha Gautama
INDIA
NIRVANA
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BUDDHISM

• Offered an escape from suffering for Chinese
  peasants.
• Why were the suffering?
• At what point in the DYNASTIC CYCLE do you think
  Buddhism reached its highest popularity rate?