Friday, October 26, 2007

Confucianism



















(Top from left to right: picture of confucius grave, picture of Confucius, Picture of a conservative confucianist woman, another picture of confucius.)

(Bottom from left to right: Picture of a temple, Picture of confucianism symbols.)


The Confucianism Religion is often said to be more of a system of social and ethical philosophies rather than a religion.
Confucius was a famous thinker and social philosopher of China, whose teachings have deeply influenced East Asia for centuries. His philosophy emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, and justice and sincerity. This religion is one that did not attain world wide recognition but have impacted the lives of individuals in some way or another. Some of the beliefs that I practice regarding Confucianism is listening to my elders, expecting my elders to look out for my well being and I also follow the rules of government.


Some of Confucius quotes I admire and try to live by and hoping one day to achieve:
*Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes. (Confucius)
*Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. (Confucius)
*It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. (Confucius)
*Respect yourself and others will respect you. (Confucius)
*He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the northpolarstar, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it. (Confucius, Analects)
*Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous. (Confucius, Analects)

1 comment:

CTreligion said...

Hello, stracey,

I can see, that Confious teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced you. You have explained it well on your blog.

Sincerely,
Chris!