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All about Confucianism, Confucius, symbols, the Jen
  all about ConfucianismThe Bible and ConfucianismConfucianism Images by Google Confucianism is a"code of conduct" to live this life, and it has had a tremendous impact on howthe Chinese live their lives... with a great influence in Chinese government, education,and attitudes toward correct personal behavior and the individual duties to society. - No church nor clergy; no teaching on the worship of God or gods, or life after death. Confucianism is actually a philosophy of life, not a Religion... like Buddhism. Founded in China by Kung-futze, "master Kung",known as Confucius (551-479 AC).Confucius -Confucius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Confucius wanted to be a politician, even a Prime Minister, but hefailed... and dedicated to preach good moral conduct... after his death he is the Chinesemost influential in the history of China, and had all the honors he never had in life: TheGovernment ordered the "worship of Confucius", and named him the"Co-Assessor with the deities of Heaven and Earth". His precepts and principleswere incorporated into the Chinese Law in 210 BC. His way to please Godor the gods is through a "good conduct" with your family, neighbors, andsociety... if you are a good person, God is going to like you, as we already commented inTaoism. Some say that Confucianism is no religion inreality, because Confucius is a philosopher, moralist, statesman and educationist, but noreligionist. They say that the thoughts and teachings of Confucius are ethical philosophy,political and educational principle, but not religious philosophy. The "Jen": Theessence of all his teachings may be summed up under this one word ‘Jen’. Thenearest equivalent to this difficult word is "social virtue". All those virtueswhich help to maintain social harmony and peace like benevolence, charity, magnanimity,sincerity, respectfulness, altruism, diligence, loving kindness, goodness are included inJen. His "GoldenRule" is: "What you do not want done to yourself, do not do unto others"."The injuries done to you by an enemy should be returned with a combination of loveand justice".The Symbol means total harmony, righteousness, in your own life and in your relations with your neighbor. The "universal virtues" are: Wisdom, Benevolence, andFortitude... Asked about what is "Benevolence", he answered: "It is to loveall men"; what is "knowledge?: "It is to know all men"... The"perfect virtue": "Gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, andkindness". Confucius said: A virtuous man has three awes: 1- Awe for Heaven’s decree, 2- Awe for great men. 3- Awe for saints’ words... When worshipping God, one must feel asif He were visibly present. Confucius laid great stress on thecultivation of character, purity of heart and conduct. He exhorted the people todevelop a good character first, which is a priceless jewel and which is the best of allvirtues. The nature of man, according to Confucius, isfundamentally good inclined towards goodness. Perfection of goodness can be found in sagesand saints. Every man should attempt to reach the ideal by leading a virtuous life, bypossessing a very noble character, and by doing his duty unselfishly with sincerity andtruthfulness. He who is endowed with a good character and divine virtue is aprincely type of man. The princely man sticks to virtue, and the inferior manclings to material comfort. The princely man is just while the inferior man expectsrewards and favours. The princely man is dignified, noble, magnanimous, and humble whilethe inferior man is mean, proud, crooked, and arrogant. In the "Great Learning"Confucius revealed the process, step by step, by which self-development is attained and bywhich it flows over into the common life to serve the state and bless mankind. The orderof development which Confucius set forth is as follows: Investigation of phenomena, Learning, Sincerity, Rectitude of purpose, Self-development, Family-discipline, Local self-government, and Universal self-government. His teaching was largely concerned with theproblems of good government. He said, "The Ruler himself should be virtuous,just, honest and dutiful. A virtuous ruler is like the Pole-star which, by keeping itsplace, makes all other stars to evolve round it. As is the Ruler, so will be thesubjects." Confucius held that Society was madeup of five relationships: Those of husband and wife, of parent and child, ofelder and younger brother, or generally of elders and youngsters, of Ruler and Minister orsubject, and of friend and friend. A country would be well-governed when all the parties performed theirparts aright in these relationships. Confucius said: "There was Tao (a way or road of righteousness)only when fathers were fathers, when sons were sons, when Rulers were Rulers and whenministers were ministers." He was adisciple of Lao-Tze, and after a meeting with the founder of Taoism, Confuciussaid: "I know how the birds fly, how the fishes swim, haw animals run. But there isthe Dragon. I cannot tell how it mounts on the winds through the clouds and flies throughheaven. Today I have seen the Dragon". More on Confucius, see Taoism. - Confucianism is lived in syncretism with any other religion inChina... any Confucianist would be very happy to become a Christian!. Scriptures, Books:Teachings of Confucius The following four books are intimately concernedwith the principles of Confucianism: 1- The Confucian Analects in twenty books. Written by his pupils, is the Bible ofConfucianism. The Confucian Analects, contains sayings andconversations between the Teacher and his disciples. 2- Lun Yu, and Meng Tzu, the Philosophy of Mencius, iswritten by an ardent Confucianist. It deals with various questions raised by hisdisciples. It gives advice to rulers of feudal states. It treats of psychology, politicaltheory and economics. 3- Ta-Hsueh, the Great Learning or learning foradults, it is a politico-ethical treatise 4- Chung Yung, The Doctrine of the Mean, it waswritten by Kung Chi, a grandson of Confucius. It is a purely philosophical book. It treatsof some general principles that concern the nature of mean and right conduct. Confucian Analects, Mencius,Doctrine of the Mean, The Great Learning The Confucian Canon in Chinese and EnglishThe Bible and Confucianism: The Gen and the sayings of Confucius are very much parallel to the virtues and commandments of the Bible. Actually, we all want to love, to do good, but, since Adam, we all end up loving ourselves, doing good unto ourselves, and that's "selfishness", exactly the opposite of "love". The essence ofChristianity is not "to know" about Christ but "to be" another Christ, with Christ in the Christian and the Christian in Christ, in his Mystical Body, in his church... and Christ is God, the Absolute, the real "Tao" who became a real human person. I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. (Galatians 2:20). With God in me, I am going to feed the hungry and give water to the thirsty, and not me, but Christ who lives in me. A Christian is the hands and feet of Christ on earth, and the brain and heart of Christ to bring unto others understanding and respect and love... and not me, but Christ who lives in me. Confucianism , like original Buddhism, does not mention God. But every human being needs God, every person is a religious animal. That's why even the Government of China wanted to make a God out of Confucius, which would be an Anti-Confucianism, like many Buddhist traditions have made a God out of Buddha, which is an Anti-Buddhism, Anti-Buddhism, Traditions Death: Every human needs "religion", even in Confucianism!. At death, the relatives cry out aloud to inform the neighbors. The family starts mourning and puts on clothes made of a coarse material. The corpse is washed and placed in a coffin. Mourners bring incense and money to offset the cost of the funeral. Food and significant objects of the deceased are placed into the coffin. A Buddhist or Taoist priest, or even a Christian minister performs the burial ritual. Friends and family follow the coffin to the cemetery, along with a willow branch which symbolizes the soul of the person who has died. The latter is carried back to the family altar where it is used to "install" the spirit of the deceased. Liturgies are performed on the 7th, 9th and 49th day after the burial and on the first and third anniversaries of the death. Links:http://www.religioustolerance.org/confuciu.htm http://www.confucius.org/main01.htmhttp://www.friesian.com/http://www.cifnet.com/http://www.human.toyogakuen-u.ac.jp/http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04223b.htm Art Galleries of Religions and Christianity The Jerome Bible Commentary, book by book1,093 prophecies and types of the Old Testament fulfilled in Jesus and His ChurchOther Web Sites of Dr. Dominguez(over 300 in English and Spanish)Public domain text. May be distributed freely. No rights reserved.Home E- Mail to: J. 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