Instead, it stresses the self-cultivation of virtue and a maintenance of personal ethics and responsibilities. It remained so until the establishment of the Republic of China.Ĭonfucianism does not promote the worship of a group of deities or a monotheistic ideology. However, it was with the advent of the Qin (or Ch'in) Dynasty (221-207 BC) that Confucianism became the official ideology of the Chinese state. During the Han Dynasty, Confucianism began to take on additional metaphysical and cosmological elements. It was during this time that Chou kings began to lose their grip on power, a fact that Confucius laments in the text. The Analects present many of the same themes found in Confucianism, including Jen/Ren, Hsiao/Xiao, Li, as well as the concept of the Chun-tzu/Junzi.Ĭonfucianism is believed to have developed during what is known as the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history (circa 771-476 BC), corresponding roughly with the first half of the Chou (or Zhou) Dynasty. Readers of the The Analects will see much of how its ideology makes up the tenets of Confucianism, an ethical and philosophical system that has influenced the cultures of many Asian nations, including China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.
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