Uploaded on Jan 17, 2011
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Confucianism is a way of life taught by Confucius in the 6th--5th century BC. Sometimes viewed as a philosophy, sometimes as a religion, Confucianism is perhaps best understood as an all-encompassing humanism that neither denies nor slights Heaven.
Confucianism has been followed by the Chinese for more than two millennia. It has deeply influenced spiritual and political life in China; its influence has also extended to Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. East Asians may profess themselves to be Shintoists, Taoists, Buddhists, Muslims, or Christians - but seldom do they cease to be Confucians.
Confucianism has been followed by the Chinese for more than two millennia. It has deeply influenced spiritual and political life in China; its influence has also extended to Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. East Asians may profess themselves to be Shintoists, Taoists, Buddhists, Muslims, or Christians - but seldom do they cease to be Confucians.
I found this video to be very knowledgable; mainly because I previously did not know anything about confucianism. I thought it was interesting how their problem is chaos and lack of social order. Their response and goal is social order, following a series of rituals that will bring us closer, and etiquette and being kind to one another - this makes for a stable society. I also learned that Confucianism values education and learning.
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Very interesting video, Confucianism is a religion that I often do not hear about. I enjoyed finding out how important family roles and societal roles are to followers of Confucianism. It calls for fathers, sons, and so on, all to be true to their role. Overall, a video with tons of great information that widened my understanding of a religion I knew little about.
ReplyDeleteI found this video to be helpful to me because I hadn’t really learned anything about Confucianism for about 4 years, where I did a project on it. But this video does a very good job at the background of Confucianism, where it talks about the roles in a household. The video also talked about certain etiquettes used by followers. Recommend this video to anyone who needs a refresher on Confuciansm
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I had almost zero knowledge on Confucianism, but watching this video taught me a lot. It sounds like a very specific and unique religion, different from all other ones. I like how they have household and family role in their religion and their rituals are pretty interesting.
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Whenever I hear Confucianism, I always think of the man Confucius himself, and I learned about him in 6th grade I wanna say. Very old religion and yet still practiced today, interesting video on the religion and its core values.
ReplyDeleteConfucianism is a religion that I had never really heard about. This video gave me an idea about how it works, and what different roles they take as a family. I like to hear that the problems that confucianism try to fix are about society, because I believe that there are several problems to fix. Their goal is to fix these problems as a society, through different rituals. Overall, I got a really good understanding of this religion or sometimes called a philosophy.
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I did not really know confucianism was a religion and i never really heard about it. This video made me become more acquainted with it.
ReplyDeleteHave always had a great interest in learning more about confucianism. It is known more as a philosophy than a religion. Interesting video.
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Chaos (lack of social order) makes people worry about society falling apart. Confucianism promises social order through rituals and kindness (ethics). Bring the same order that exists in heaven to earth is the goal. I like this because I find it a very good and simple philosophy.
ReplyDeleteI also like that they highlight the importance of our behavior as a community, instead of having and individualist focus.
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