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    Introduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy Instructor: Masayuki Sato Mid-Term Paper Question 1: Do you think which doctrine was really helpful for saving people from their destitute condition between Mohism and Mencius’ thought, and why? When we put the two philosopher’s thoughts together, we can see one striking commonality. Both of them were against aggressive way and emphasized the importance of caring for the welfare of the state’s people. Ideologies that run in opposite directions

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    and challenged Confucian ideas. Confucius, Mencius, and Xunzi are three different philosophers from Chinese history who have three opposing views in their philosophical ideas of society and human nature. These three philosophies are Confucianism, Mohism and Legalism. Ancient Chinese philosophers built their views of human nature off of the idea that people are either naturally good, or naturally bad. How each philosopher views natural human nature is what they use to decide what they think is the

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    Politically, Confucianism had confidence in customary morals and training to settle the state; Daoism took after the standard of "nature"; Legalism advocates law and the incomparable force of the administration; Mohism underscored cheapness and commitment in like manner welfare. Understudies of Mohism did have magnificent knowledge on advancements. Then again, not at all like western thinkers as Aristotle, Euclid, or Ptolemy, they had never created techniques for science or arithmetic. They didn't have

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    Legalism And Confucianism

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    Confucianism, together with Mohism and Legalism, is three out of the four main philosophical teachings in ancient China. Chinese philosophers such as Confucius, Mo Tzu, and Han Fei Tzu had their own views on life. The teachings of Mo Zi both resembled and greatly differed from that of Confucius; as for Han Feizi he took a totally different approach. The three books written by each philosopher, the Analects, the Mozi and the Han Feizi each discuss how power should be manifested in a society which

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    for philosophers all over the world, the Chinese philosopher Mozi was also an influential figure after the death of Confucius. Mohism is evidently more of an excelling school of thought to prevent extreme crime in a dystopian Chinese society rather than Confucianism because there is much emphasis on a strong hierarchy system and acknowledgement of the lower class under Mohism which is crucial for a society filled with much crime. On the other hand, Confucianism believes heavily in rituals and traditions

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    My Hometown Essay

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    With the economic growth, people's living standards continue to improve. Many people choose to travel to relax and enjoy themselves. Recently I have just been given an exciting position as the head of a tourism department. I am glad to introduce my hometown to you . As far as I know, Zaozhuang is a city in the southern part of Shandong province. She is one of central cities in Lunan region. Zaozhuang meets Linyi on the East, Weishan on the west, Xuzhou on the south, and Zoucheng on the north. The

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    Discuss how the Neolithic Revolution set the stage for the rise of civilization. The Neolithic Revolution began in 10000 BC. It set the stage for the rise of civilization because they shifted from hunting and gathering to agriculture and settlement, and the domestication of animals. During this period, they had fertile land in the Fertile Crescent making it easy to plant and grow crops. Growing crops then led to permanent settlements and domestication of animals because they didn't have to move around

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    The Period of Warring States was a time in China lasting from 479 to 221 BCE in which over 100 Chinese states dwindled down to seven through warfare. The major effects of the Period of Warring States was an increase in philosophy, a change of ruling, and a change of ruling style. During the Period of Warring States, there was a surplus of philosophical beliefs and because of the warring, those beliefs were widely spread. Confucianism was prominent because of its emphasis on self reflection

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    In this part, we will see, apart from Confucianism, two other major philosophy movements that influenced Chinese behavior and thought today; Taoism and Mohism. These movements did not only have an influence in shaping the culture of their society, but also their government. They each focus on a different matter as a way to solve current society problems. They were all looking, in their way, for a path that would lead to harmony people the people and the people with their rulers. Mo Tzu was, like

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    In this essay, to make it easier to understand when I begin to address the main problem presented by the question I will first give a brief outline of what the Confucian ideas and practices are. I will then do as the question asks and evaluate the critique, I will do this by going on to decide how valid I believe the critique to be and proposing some responses to it to see how the critique really holds up, before going on to discuss some alternative critiques and whether I see them to be more valid

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