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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What is The Dao? | The Dao is the way of nature. The Dao is passive and yielding it does nothing but it helps people accomplish everything |
| What is legalism? | Legalism is the doctrine of practical and efficient statecraft which means that it has no concern with ethics or morality and with the principles governing nature |
| Shang Yang Han Feizi | (390-338 BCE) chief minister of Qin and legalist writer (280-233 BCE) wrote essays that had his legalism ideas |
| Who is Confucius? | Confucius was a educator and political advisor |
| What are Confucius key values? | Ren--a sense of humanity, kindness, benevolence Li--a sense of propriety, courtesy, respect, deference to elders Xiao--filial piety, familial obligation Cultivate personal morality and junzi for bringing order to China |
| Who is Mencius? | Mencius was a spokesman for the Confucius school |
| What were their beliefs? | believed in the goodness of human nature and advocated government by benevolence and humanity |
| Who was Xunzi? | He was a man that had less positive views on human nature |
| What did he believe? | He believed that humans selfishly presue own interests and he preferred harsh social discipline to bring order into society |
| What is Daoism? | Laozi is the founder of this religion which featured doubts of Confucian activism which prefers a life in harmony with nature |