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    Chinese Literature

    Bound by the past and traditions


    In their literature, there’s a demand
    for a piece to show a purpose.
    God

    Philosophy Tripart-type: man earth


    The Chinese Way
    man
    4 Ways of Chinese Life
    1. Perception of life
    Angle you look and take in
    personal Social
    -conditioned
    2. Life is a continual change
    Beginning to end
    C.f. Filipino: Life as transitory
    4 Ways of Chinese Life
    3. Life is a balance of opposing forces
    Does it mean
    negative and
    positive? NO.
    4. Jen - human-heartedness
    You make a choice in the end
    Chinese abounds in words, expressing bodies
    and shapes, but poor in verbs expressing
    change or transformation.
    They don’t like change.
    Chinese expressed things by
    individualization or specification rather than
    analysis.
    For the Filipino: “Bumagsak ka, dahil di ka nag-aral.”
    For the Chinese: “Bumagsak ka, kasi bumagsak ka.”
    Confucius
    Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor,
    politician, and philosopher of the Spring
    and Autumn period of Chinese history.
    Born: September 28, 551 BC, State of Lu
    Died: 479 BC, State of Lu
    Full name: Kong Qiu
    Confucianism is a way of life taught by Confucius.
    "Confucius," the common name of Confucianism's founder, is a Latinized form of the
    Chinese K'ung-fu-tzu, "Master K'ung." The terms "Confucianism" and "Confucian" are
    not meaningful terms in Chinese. They are Western terms, coined in Europe as recently
    as the 18th century.
    Facts of Confucianism
    ❖ - Date founded: 6th-5th cent. BC - (See Symbols in Chinese Religion)
    ❖ - Place founded: China
    ❖ - Founder: Confucius (551-479 BCE)
    ❖ - Adherents: 5-6 million
    Ideals of Confucianism
    The main principle of Confucianism is ren ("humaneness" or "benevolence"), signifying
    excellent character in accord with li (ritual norms), zhong (loyalty to one's true nature), shu
    (reciprocity), and xiao (filial piety). Together these constitute de (virtue).
    Confucianism is characterized by a highly optimistic view of human nature. The faith in the
    possibility of ordinary human beings to become awe-inspiring sages and worthies is deeply
    rooted in the Confucian heritage (Confucius himself lived a rather ordinary life), and the
    insistence that human beings are teachable, improvable, and perfectible through personal
    and communal endeavour is typically Confucian.
    Confucius regarded Heaven (T'ien) as a positive and personal force in the universe; he was not,
    as some have supposed, an agnostic or a skeptic.
    5 Classics of Confucianism
    1. Shu Ching (Classic of History) - collection of documents and speeches dating from
    the Later Han Dynasty (23-220 CE)
    2. Shih Ching (Classic of Odes) - collection of 300 poems and songs from the early
    Chou Dynasty (1027-402 BC)
    3. I Ching (Classic of Changes) - collection of texts on divination based on a set of 64
    hexagrams that reflect the relationship between Yin and Yang in nature and society
    4. Ch'un Ching (Spring and Autumn Annals) - extracts from the history of the state
    of Lu 722-484, said to be compiled by Confucius
    5. Li Ching (Classic of Rites) - consists of three books on the Li (Rites of Propriety)
    4 Books of Confucianism
    1. Lun Yu (Analects) of Confucius
    2. Chung Yung (Doctrine of the Mean)
    3. Ta Hsueh (Great Learning)
    4. Meng Tzu (Mencius)

    Practices of Confucianism
    Aside from its important ethical principles, Confucianism does not prescribe any
    specific rituals or practices. These are filled by the practices of Chinese religion,
    Taoism, Buddhism, or other religion which Confucians follow.
    Confucian Thoughts
    From the Analects
    “To be wealthy and honored in an unjust
    society is a disgrace.”
    “True wisdom is knowing what you don't
    know”
    “Everything has beauty but not everyone can
    see it”
    “The superior man has a dignified ease
    without pride. The mean man has pride
    without a dignified ease.”
    “What you do not want done to yourself, do
    not do to others.”
    “Not to discuss with a man worthy of conversation
    is to waste the man. To discuss with a man not
    worthy of conversation is to waste words. The wise
    waste neither men nor words.”

    Confucius – The Analects


    Buddhism
    This is a religion and dharma that
    encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs
    and spiritual practices largely based on
    teachings attributed to the Buddha.
    It originated in India, from where it spread
    through much of Asia, whereafter it
    declined in India and flourished in China
    during the middle ages.
    Gautama Buddha
    Born: Lumbini, Nepal
    Died: Kushinagar, India
    Full name: Siddhartha Gautama
    Spouse: Yasodharā
    Books: Dhammapada
    Gautama was famously seated under a pipal
    tree—now known as the Bodhi tree—in Bodh
    Gaya, India, when he vowed never to arise
    until he had found the truth
    Four Noble Truths (essence of Buddha’s teachings)
    Suffering exists
    Suffering arises from attachment to desires
    Suffering ceases when attachment to desire ceases
    Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the Eightfold Path

    Buddhism states that dukkha "suffering" is the innate nature of existence.


    3 Characteristics of Existence
    1. Transiency (anicca)
    2. Sorrow (dukkha)
    3. Selflessness (anatta)
    Unwholesome mental states that impedes progress towards
    enlightenment:
    1. sensuous lust
    2. aversion and ill will
    3. sloth and stupor
    4. restlessness and worry
    5. skeptical doubt
    The Eightfold Path
    Three Qualities Eightfold Path
    Wisdom (panna) Right View
    Right Thought
    Morality (sila) Right Speech
    Right Action
    Right Livelihood
    Meditation (samadhi) Right Effort
    Right Mindfulness
    Right Contemplation
    1. Mindfulness
    2. Investigation
    3. Energy
    4. Rapture Factors of
    5. Tranquillity Enlightenment
    6. Concentration
    7. Equanimity

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