Nellie C

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Confucianism,Daoism,Legalism

• Nellie C

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Confucianism

• Confucius lived from 551 to 479 BCE he was born
  in a small state of Luin located in eastern
  China.
• Chinas Lords were fighting for power beetween
  772 and 481 BCE his own state was invaded many
  times.
• According to Confucianism the five basic
  relationships are ruler and subject husband and
  wife father and son older sibling and younger
  sibling friend and friend.
• All people must respect and obey those above
  them.They must respect there elders in return
  those with authority such as rulers fathers
  husbands and older siblings.

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Con fucianism

• It had a very practical effect on the government
  under a later dynasty the Han dynasty people who
  do the work of government are called the civil
  savants.ad a major influence
• In China the civil savants were mostly the sons
  of nobles.
• The teachings of Confucianism had a major
  influence on Chinas culture.

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Daoism

• According to tradition the great sage of wise man
  was Laozi.
• He was said to be the author of the Dao De Jing.
• The Daoists believe that everyone must discover
  the Dao for themselves to many laws and social
  rulers got in the way of living naturally and
  following the Dao.
• The Yin and the yang are yin means shaded and
  yang means sunlight.
• Rulers should behave like not feeling to
  important or not striving for posessions.

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Daoism

• According to Daoists people should avoid feeling
  self important.
• Daoism encouraged rulers to rule less harshly.
• Daoism developed into a popular region.
• Old stories Of Laozis life tell how he became to
  write Dao De Jiang.
• Daoism taught people that gained happiness and
  peace living in harmony or agreement with with
  the way of nature.
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Legalism

• Hanfeizi was a prince of the royal family in the
  state of Han.
• To create a strong society Hanfeizi thought they
  should establish strict laws enforce them with
  rewards for good behavior and harsh punishments
  for bad behavior.
• A ruler should govern like rulers should have
  absolute power and backed up by military might.
• The Qin dynasty applied to the teachings of
  Hanfeizi by wanting to build a strong government
  and well organized society.

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Legalism

• Hanfeizi lived from about 280 to 233 BCE.
• Legalism was based on the idea that most people
  are naturally selfish.
• Legalists said that people always pursue there
  own self interest.
• Legalists philosophy almost had immediate
  influence on Chinas government.
• At the end of the Warning Sates period the Qin
  dynasty seized control.

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Citations

• Frey, Wendy. History Alive! the Ancient World.
  Palo Alto, CA Teachers' Curriculum Institute,
  2004. Print