1. CONFUCIANISM

2. Kong Qui, better known as Confucius, was born in 551 BC.
HOW IT BEGAN
Kong Qui, better known as Confucius, was born in 551 BC.
During this time, China was going through a period of moral decline.
Biography of Confucius

3. HOW IT BEGAN
Confucius began to teach people how to live with integrity and how to return to traditional Chinese values.
Throughout his life, Confucius wrote and edited many of China’s most influential classics.
Mandate of Heaven and Confucius Crash Course

4. Contains the philosophical and political beliefs of Confucius
THE ANALECTS OF CONFUCIUS
Contains the philosophical and political beliefs of Confucius
most likely compiled and written by his followers

5. People should live according to good conduct and moral judgement.
THE ANALECTS OF CONFUCIUS
People should live according to good conduct and moral judgement.
The government had a duty to set an example of right conduct.

6. FIVE RELATIONSHIPS: Ruler and Subject Parent and Child
THE ANALECTS OF CONFUCIUS
FIVE RELATIONSHIPS:
Ruler and Subject
Parent and Child
Husband and Wife
Old and Young
Friend and Friend

7. THE ANALECTS OF CONFUCIUS
FIVE RELATIONSHIPS:
Each person owed respect and obedience to those above them and were expected to set a good example for those below them.

8. THE ANALECTS OF CONFUCIUS
FIVE RELATIONSHIPS:
i.e. The subject owed respect and obedience to the ruler and the ruler was expected to set a good example
Confucius – Master of Philosophy

9. Han Emperor Wu Ti’s civil service system was based on Confucianism.
CONFUCIANISM & CHINA
While the Zhou and Qin governments did not accept his teachings, the ideas of Confucius eventually became widely accepted.
Han Emperor Wu Ti’s civil service system was based on Confucianism.
Confucianism became the basis of Chinese society and government through the 1900s AD.
Han Emperor Wu Ti