1. What The Chinese Were Thinking About…

2. Confucianism People = Members of a community and family All about:
Proper Relationship
Virtue
Good Character
Order
Protect
& Provide
Ruler
People = Members of a community and family
Ruled
Respect
& Obey

3. In a Relationship! Mandate of Heaven Father → Son King → People
Ancestor Worship
Father → Son
King → People
Husband → Wife
In a Relationship!
Friend → Friend
Brother → Brother

4. Force of Nature/Everything
Daoism/Taoism
Go with the Flow
Force of Nature/Everything
You
You
Laozi
Chi
Yin Yang
People = Just one part of Nature

5. Yin and Yang
Something
and
Nothing
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6. My Way or the Highway Strict Harsh Han Fei Legalism King should be and
People are bad
Society needs order
King should be
and
Han Fei
Strict
Harsh
My Way or
the Highway
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7. Philosophies of China Lecture Notes
Confucianism
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