Chinese Philosophies

• Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism are the three major schools of thought in ancient China.
• Confucius is the first teacher and founder of Confucianism in Ancient China

  
• Nature of Man

  Confucianism: Men are born good

  Legalism: Men are born bad

  Daoism: Men are born balanced
• Yin and Yang is the balanced form of the universe by Daosim. Yin is black which means bad and white means yang which is good

  
• The 5 key Relationships of Confucianism

  1. Ruler and Subject

  2. Father and Son

  3. Husband and Wife

  4. Older brother and younger brother

  5. Friend and friend
• Confucian Values

  1. Xiao - (Fillial Piety or Respect for Parents)

  2. Ren - (Humaneness or to love the people)

  3. Li - (Proper Conduct and observance of Rituals)
• A confucianism leader should be a junzi or a scholar or perfect gentleman who will lead by being a role model of virtousness and goodness
• Legalism thinks that men are naturally bad. They think that it is natural for them to be greedy and this is the source of conflict in the society
• Shang Yang, Li Si, and Hanfeizi are the founders of Legalism
• In Legalism, the punishment of being greedy is harsh punishment. Having a centralized goverment is the key to provide peace and order in the society
• Daoism believed that people have a balance of good and bad
• Daoist believe that nature has its own way, The Dao.
• The puh is the natural state of the soul and the balance of good (yang) and bad (yin)
• Unnatural Institutions are the source of conflicts and disorder of the society in Daoism
• Wu-Wei is "doing nothing" in Daoism. Also a solution to the conflict
• Laozi is the first teacher of Daoism