The Chinese Philosophers: The Rights Of The Rebellion

China Confucianism Who was Confucius? Confucius was a great Chinese thinker and philosopher who lived during the Warring States Period from 551-479 BCE. He was born in 551 BC, in Zou, Lu state in a family that was in between common people and aristocrats. He never held a high-class job, only working as a shepherd, cowherd, clerk, and a book-keeper. His mother died when he was 23 and he then mourned for three years, an Ancient Chinese tradition. Lu state had a duke and three aristocratic families

mother or the life of a worker. Women who chose to leave their households were subjected to harsh conditions, low wages, and long hours. The majority of married and middle-class women were confined to the home, and deprived of an education and civil rights. Unlike the

This system was to keep everyone in their place and avoid rebellions and uprisings. There were reports of subordination put into place once every three months, summaries every six, and permanent records every twelve. There was a doctrine fixed into law, called the Six Parasites. This is however a textual problem

“Rebellion cannot exist without the feeling that somewhere, in some way, you are justified” (Albert Camus). “Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed”. (Declaration of Independence) Therefore, should people who feel oppressed retaliate against their government? Governments are to have certain checks and balances to ensure that one government or power does not become prodigiously in control, that one government does not establish dominance and

“The Boxer Rebellion was a patriotic movement against imperialism and feudalism.” The sound of my middle school history teacher’s emphasis on Boxer Rebellion before the exam still lingered around my ears, and it interested me to learn more about this subject. With more and more researches and readings, I found that multiple China’s religious beliefs were employed, including buddhism, taoism, and other pre-existing beliefs. The Boxers took advantage of innocent Chinese people by manipulating these

freedom to choose and juxtaposed by their individual choices. Intertwined in their story are several themes, including the individual right to personal choice, the influence of internal and external pressures, and the potential to metamorphosize by not succumbing to such suppressive forces. The character that most embodies these combined aspects is Lee, a Chinese American servant to Adam Trask, a protagonist dismantled by his inability to recover from the loss of the woman and life of his dreams

Religion or Philosophy? Most ancient philosophical ideas developed in the ancient Chinese empires are believed to have their roots from Confucius. Confucianism was a simple way of life propagated by Confucius around the fifth and sixth century BC. Often perceived as a religion and other times as philosophy, it is conceivably best unspoken as a comprehensive humanism that neither slights nor denies heaven. The Chinese populaces have devotedly observed Confucianism for nearly two millennia. It has become

By the 1980s the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG) which was formed of four guerrilla rebellion groups including the ‘Rebel Armed Forces’ (RAF) and the ‘Guerrilla Army of the Poor’(EGP) (REF1,2), led to the Mayan population fighting back against the government’s economic and social injustice. However, Government forces began to label the rebels

respectively. Each of these philosophies highlight that Chinese history repeats itself by casting light on this theme of repetition through the three different areas. This makes the state accountable for its actions to its people. Confucius was a Chinese philosopher whose ideas greatly affect China in every aspect of its culture. In The Analects, he

that after many centuries, Confucius still holds a very influential position in society and that his teachings are still being practiced within a countries culture to the extent that it has adapted to the society. Confucius is an influential Chinese philosopher and his teachings have become a guideline for people in East Asia to live their life in a certain way. Confucius beliefs focus strongly on morality and ethics for one self, but his practices have proved to become universal and this can be seen