1. Tenants of Confucius

2. Confucius’s Ideas Society built on relationships
Respect & Honor are key to relationship
Each person has a duty to the other
Superior & inferior in each relationship
Creation of well- organized society
Do what is good at all costs
Education for all
Not spiritual

3. Five Basic Virtues Benevolence/Humanity (ren) Propriety (li)
Righteousness (yi)
Wisdom (zhi)
Trustworthiness (xin)

4. Five Key Relationships
father and son (filial piety)
ruler and subject (Mandate of Heaven)
elder brother and younger brother
husband and wife
friend and friend

5. Texts The Five Classics The Four Books Book of Poetry Book of History
Book of Rites
Book of Changes (Yijing, I Ching)
Spring and Autumn Annals
Analects
Mencius
Great Learning
Doctrine of Man

6. Confucius Film
Write down AT LEAST 10 moments in the film when characters relate to each other according to Confucius principles. This could be a quote, and action, or scene. You could relate it to virtues, relationships, etc.

7. WWCD: What would Confucius Do?

8. Alice is trying to decide how to vote
Alice is trying to decide how to vote. One candidate is intelligent and well educated, but from a poor family. The other candidate is from a privileged background and is from a long line of politicians. The second candidate is well educated but may not be as talented as the first candidate. For whom would Confucius vote?

9. Ted is a successful businessman with a wife and two kids
Ted is a successful businessman with a wife and two kids. His parents are getting old and need more care. He has two options: he can either allow them to move in with him and his family or move them into a nursing facility where they can receive full time care. If Confucius were in the same situation as Ted, what do you think he would do? Why?

10. The city government has been unsatisfactory for some time
The city government has been unsatisfactory for some time. While the residents of the city used to like the mayor, lately they feel the major has not been very effective. City services, such as libraries and public transportation are not as reliable as they once were. City offices used to be open from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, but now they are only open from 1:00-2:30 pm. City workers can often be seen eating in expensive restaurants, using taxpayers’ money to pay the bills. What would Confucius tell the residents of the city to do? Why?

11. Amanda has a chance to make some money on an idea that her friend shared with her. She could either tell everyone that it was her own idea and make a lot of money, or she could give credit to her friend but lose her chance to make a large profit. What do you think Confucius would tell her to do? Why?