Confucianism One of the Hundred Schools of Thought Confucius –Master Kung or Kung Fu- tzu –Confucius is the romanized form of Kongfuzi – BC The Analects –Twenty books of Confucius’s teachings recorded by his students

Confucius lived 2,500 years ago during the Zhou dynasty son of poor noble family in the State of Lu  present-day Shandong [Shantung] Province devoted his life to: –cultivating virtuous leadership –restoring the country to an ideal social order had thousands of students

Confucianism The Five Cardinal Relationships Emperor and official father and son husband and wife older brother and younger brother friend to friend The Six Arts of Confucius –ritual –music –mathematics –history –archery –charioteering Robert Harding Picture Library/National Palace Museum, Taiwan

Confucianism In China Confucianism became: –the state ideology –a way of life –an avenue to success Confucianism was spread to: –Korea –Japan –Vietnam

Bibliography Tamura, Eileen, et. al. China Understanding Its Past. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press “Confucianism” China Teacher Guide Granat, Diana and Stanlee Brimberg. China. New York: Scholastic Professional Books. 1999