Debated during the Warring States Period and forbidden during the short-lived Qin Dynasty, Confucianism was chosen by Han Wudi for use as a political system to govern the Chinese state. Despite its loss of influence during the Tang Dynasty, Confucianist doctrine remained a mainstream Chinese orthodoxy for two millennia until the 20th century, when it was attacked by radical Chinese thinkers as a vanguard of a feudal system and an obstacle to China's modernization, eventually culminating in its repression and vilification during the Cultural ...

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• Confucianism - Development of early Confucianism
• Confucianism - The spread of Confucianism
• Confucianism - Rites
• Confucianism - Governing
• Confucianism - Meritocracy
• Confucianism - Themes in Confucian thought
• Confucianism - Ritual
• Confucianism - Relationships
• Confucianism - Humaneness
• Confucianism - The perfect gentleman
• Confucianism - Debates
• Confucianism - Does Confucianism promote corruption?
• Confucianism - Was there a Confucianism?
• Confucianism - The Script controversy
• Confucianism - Is Confucianism a religion?
• Confucianism - Names for Confucianism
• Confucianism - Confucianism and other schools of thought
• Confucianism - Confucianism and Catholicism
• Confucianism - Quotations

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Confucianism, Confucianism - Development of early Confucianism, Confucianism - The spread of Confucianism, Confucianism - Rites, Confucianism - Governing, Confucianism - Meritocracy, Confucianism - Themes in Confucian thought, Confucianism - Ritual, Confucianism - Relationships, Confucianism - Humaneness, Confucianism - The perfect gentleman, Confucianism - Debates, Confucianism - Does Confucianism promote corruption?, Confucianism - Was there a Confucianism?, Confucianism - The Script controversy, Confucianism - Is Confucianism a religion?, Confucianism - Names for Confucianism, Confucianism - Confucianism and other schools of thought, Confucianism - Confucianism and Catholicism, Confucianism - Quotations

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Confucianism survived its suppression during the Qin Dynasty partly thanks to the discovery of a trove of Confucian classics hidden in the walls of a scholar's house. After the Qin, the new Han Dynasty approved of Confucian doctrine and sponsored Confucian scholars, eventually making Confucianism the official state philosophy (see Emperor Wu of Han). Study of the Confucian classics became the basis of the government examination system and the core of the educational curriculum. No serious attempt to replace Confuciani ...

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Confucianism, Confucianism - Development of early Confucianism, Confucianism - The spread of Confucianism, Confucianism - Rites, Confucianism - Governing, Confucianism - Meritocracy, Confucianism - Themes in Confucian thought, Confucianism - Ritual, Confucianism - Relationships, Confucianism - Humaneness, Confucianism - The perfect gentleman, Confucianism - Debates, Confucianism - Does Confucianism promote corruption?, Confucianism - Was there a Confucianism?, Confucianism - The Script controversy, Confucianism - Is Confucianism a religion?, Confucianism - Names for Confucianism, Confucianism - Confucianism and other schools of thought, Confucianism - Confucianism and Catholicism, Confucianism - Quotations

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Confucianism - Rites. "Lead the people with administrative injunctions and put them in their place with penal law, and they will avoid punishments but will be without a sense of shame. Lead them with excellence and put them in their place through roles and ritual practices, and in addition to developing a sense of shame, they will order themselves harmoniously." (Analects II, 3) The above explains an essential difference between legalism and ritualism and points to a key difference between Western a ...

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Confucianism, Confucianism - Core Confucian texts, Confucianism - The Four Books, Confucianism - The Five Classics, Confucianism - Development of early Confucianism, Confucianism - Development by Confucius, Confucianism - Development after Confucius, Confucianism - The spread of Confucianism, Confucianism - Core Concepts, Confucianism - Rites, Confucianism - Relationships, Confucianism - Humaneness, Confucianism - The perfect gentleman, Confucianism - Governing, Confucianism - Meritocracy, Confucianism - Debates, Confucianism - Does Confucianism promote corruption?, Confucianism - Was there a Confucianism?, Confucianism - The Script controversy, Confucianism - Is Confucianism a religion?, Confucianism - Names for Confucianism

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Buddhism is a very important religion in China and one of the three major schools of thought along with Confucianism and Taoism. It has affected and been affected by Chinese culture, politics, literature and philosophy for almost two millennia. For a more generalized discussion of Chinese religion, see religion in China. Buddhism in China - History of Buddhism in China. The arrival of Buddhism in China followed the first contacts between China and Central Asia which occurred with the opening of the Silk Ro ...

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• Buddhism in China - History of Buddhism in China
• Buddhism in China - Relation to Confucianism and Daoism
• Buddhism in China - Local interpretation of Indian texts
• Buddhism in China - Buddhism gains political traction in the north
• Buddhism in China - Monks and rulers join forces
• Buddhism in China - Modern Chinese Buddhism
• Buddhism in China - Reference

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Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130–1200) was a Song Dynasty (960-1279) Confucian scholar who became one of the most significant Neo-Confucians in China. He taught at the famous White Deer Grotto Academy for some time. Zhu Xi was also influential in Japan, where his followers were called the Shushigaku (朱子学) school. During the Song Dynasty, Zhu Xi's teachings were considered to be unorthodox. Zhu Xi and his fellow scholars codified what is now considered the Confucian canon of classics: the Four Books, consisting of the A ...

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Buddhism is a very important religion in China and one of the three major schools of thought along with Confucianism and Taoism. It has affected and been affected by Chinese culture, politics, literature and philosophy for almost two millennia. For a more generalized discussion of Chinese religion, see religion in China. Buddhism in China - History of Buddhism in China. Buddhism in China - Arrival along the Silk Road. The arrival of Buddhism in China followed the first contacts between ...

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• Buddhism in China - History of Buddhism in China
• Buddhism in China - Arrival along the Silk Road
• Buddhism in China - Relation to Confucianism and Daoism
• Buddhism in China - Local interpretation of Indian texts
• Buddhism in China - Buddhism gains political traction in the north
• Buddhism in China - Monks and rulers join forces
• Buddhism in China - Modern Chinese Buddhism
• Buddhism in China - Reference

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Neo-Confucianism (理學 Pinyin: Lǐxué) is a term for a form of Confucianism that was primarily developed during the Song dynasty, but which can be traced back to Han Yu and Li Ao in the Tang dynasty. The term should not be mistaken for New Confucianism which is an effort to apply Confucianism to the 21st century. Neo-Confucianism was a response by the Confucians to the dominance of the Taoists and Buddhists. Neo-Confucians such as Zhu Xi recognized that the Confucian system of the time did not include a thoroughgoing metaphy ...

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• Neo-Confucianism - Neo-Confucianism Outside China
• Neo-Confucianism - List of Neo-Confucians
• Neo-Confucianism - China
• Neo-Confucianism - Korea
• Neo-Confucianism - Japan

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Yi I (26 December 1536-1584) was one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his older contemporary, Yi Hwang (Toegye). Yi I's mother was Sin Saimdang, herself an accomplished artist and calligraphist. Yi I is often referred to by his pen name (호) Yulgok (율곡; 栗谷 "Chestnut valley"). Yi I was born on 26 December 1536 in Bukpyeong, in Gangwon Province. He was a child prodigy who knew Chinese script at the age of three and composed poems in Classical Chinese before ...

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The Bulssi Japbyeon is a late 14th century Korean Neo-Confucian polemical critique of Buddhism by Jeong Dojeon. In this work he carried out his most comprehensive refutation of Buddhism, singling out Buddhist doctrines and practices for detailed criticism. According to Jeong, stated that this book was written with the objective of refuting Buddhism once and for all "lest it destroy morality and eventually humanity itself." The charges leveled against Buddhism in the Bulssi japbyeon constitute a full inventory of the vari ...

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Chen Duxiu (October 8, 1879 – May 27, 1942) played many different roles in Chinese history. Along with Li Dazhao, Chen was a co-founder of the Communist Party of China in 1921. He was its first Chairman, first General Secretary and an educator, philosopher, and politician. His ancestral home was in Anqing (安慶), Anhui, where he established the vernacular Chinese newspaper New Youth. Chen Duxiu - Biography. Chen Duxiu - Chronological life. Oct 1879 to Oct 1901: ...

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• Chen Duxiu - Biography
• Chen Duxiu - Chronological life
• Chen Duxiu - Early Life.
• Chen Duxiu - The Founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
• Chen Duxiu - A Party in Turmoil.
• Chen Duxiu - Literary Work
• Chen Duxiu - Media Experience
• Chen Duxiu - Crisis with Cai Yuanpei
• Chen Duxiu - Crisis with Hu Shih
• Chen Duxiu - Anti-Confucianism
• Chen Duxiu - Chen's contribution to Chinese journalism
• Chen Duxiu - Reference

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This article is in need of attention. You can help Wikipedia by editing it into a better article. Please also consider changing this notice to be more specific. Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. Traditionally marriage in ethnic Chinese societies (婚姻, pinyin: hūn yīn) has been an arrangement between families. Originally Chinese culture allowed for romantic ...

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• Chinese marriage - Introduction
• Chinese marriage - Marriage in a Confucian Context
• Chinese marriage - Prehistoric Chinese marriages
• Chinese marriage - Marriages in Early Societies
• Chinese marriage - Sibling marriages
• Chinese marriage - Inter-clan marriage and antithetic marriage
• Chinese marriage - Maternal marriage and Monogamy
• Chinese marriage - Traditional Marriage Rituals
• Chinese marriage - Reference

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The Han Dynasty (Traditional: 漢朝; Simplified: 汉朝; Hanyu Pinyin: Hàn cháo;; Wade-Giles: Han Ch'au; 206 BC–AD 220) followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. The dynasty was founded by the Liu family. Han Dynasty - Importance. The Chinese people consider the Han Dynasty to be one of the greatest periods in the entire history of China. As a result, the members of th ...

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• Han Dynasty - Importance
• Han Dynasty - The Emergence
• Han Dynasty - Taoism and Feudal System
• Han Dynasty - Emperor Wu and Confucianism
• Han Dynasty - Beginning of the Silk Road
• Han Dynasty - Rise of landholding class
• Han Dynasty - Interruption of Han rule
• Han Dynasty - Rise and Fall of Eastern Han Dynasty
• Han Dynasty - Sovereigns of Han Dynasty

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The term Shambhala Buddhism has come into use as an umbrella term referring to the teachings of Karma Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism as propagated by the Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, mixed with the various Shambhalian teachings and practices revealed by the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (the 11th Trungpa Tulku). The present head of the lineage is Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, Trungpa Rinpoche's eldest son and Shambhala heir. Shambhala Buddhism - Distinguishing Characteristics of Shambhala Budd ...

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• Shambhala Buddhism - Distinguishing Characteristics of Shambhala Buddhism
• Shambhala Buddhism - Shambhala Training
• Shambhala Buddhism - Shambhala Terma
• Shambhala Buddhism - The Kalachakra the Rigden Kings and Gesar of Ling
• Shambhala Buddhism - Zen and Japanese arts
• Shambhala Buddhism - Elements of Bön Taoism Confucianism and Shinto
• Shambhala Buddhism - Dorje Kasung
• Shambhala Buddhism - Maitri and Mudra
• Shambhala Buddhism - Other Practices
• Shambhala Buddhism - History of Shambhala Buddhism
• Shambhala Buddhism - The Shambhala Buddhist community today
• Shambhala Buddhism - Shambhala International
• Shambhala Buddhism - Spiritual Teachers
• Shambhala Buddhism - Shambhala Land Centers
• Shambhala Buddhism - Larger Shambhala Mandala
• Shambhala Buddhism - Related Publications

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The usefulness of dividing philosophy into Western philosophy and other philosophies is open to challenge, not the least for speaking down to those other philosophies. To say this is not to deny that there are important traditions in philosophy that are intimately bound up with historical and geographical circumstances. The term Eastern philosophy refers very broadly to the various philosophies of Iran, India, China, and Japan. When one uses the term "philosophy" in an academic context, it typically refers to the philoso ...

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• Eastern philosophy - Philosophical and religious traditions
• Eastern philosophy - Hinduism
• Eastern philosophy - Sufism & Islamic philosophy
• Eastern philosophy - Confucianism
• Eastern philosophy - Taoism
• Eastern philosophy - Legalism
• Eastern philosophy - Buddhism
• Eastern philosophy - Jainism
• Eastern philosophy - Maoism
• Eastern philosophy - Shinto
• Eastern philosophy - Arguments against the Eastern philosophy designation
• Eastern philosophy - The perception of God and the gods
• Eastern philosophy - Gods' relationship with the universe
• Eastern philosophy - The role and nature of the individual
• Eastern philosophy - Syntheses of Eastern and Western philosophy

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Idolatry is the worship of an image, idea or object, as opposed to the worship of a supreme being. It is forbidden by some major religions such as the Abrahamic religions. Some religious authorities and groups have used the term to describe other religions apart from their own. Idolatry - Etymology. The word idolatry comes (by haplology) from the Greek word eidololatria, a compound of eidolon, "image" or "figure", and latreia, "worship". Although the Greek appears to be a loan tr ...

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• Idolatry - Etymology
• Idolatry - Idolatry in many forms
• Idolatry - Idolatry in the Hebrew Bible
• Idolatry - Did idolators really worship idols?
• Idolatry - Were ancient Israelites ever henotheistic?
• Idolatry - Idolatry in Jewish thought
• Idolatry - Christian views of idolatry
• Idolatry - Muslim views of idolatry
• Idolatry - Eastern religions and idolatry
• Idolatry - Hindu views of idolatry
• Idolatry - Shinto views of idolatry
• Idolatry - Christian views regarding Confucianism as idolatry
• Idolatry - Buddhist views of idolatry
• Idolatry - Polytheistic views of idolatry in general
• Idolatry - Notes

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Different cultures, time periods, and belief systems have diverse variations in their opinions on the morality of homosexuality, bisexuality and the choice of sexual orientation in general. In recent decades, many societies which formerly treated homosexuality as a crime have now repealed those laws on the basis of civil rights, privacy rights, and changing social attitudes. The increasing social acceptance of homosexuality has been attributed to a range of diverse causes, including the sexual revolution, the gay rights movement, a gr ...

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• Religion and sexual orientation - Overview
• Religion and sexual orientation - Organized religions
• Religion and sexual orientation - Aspects of the conflict
• Religion and sexual orientation - Reactions to homosexuality
• Religion and sexual orientation - View that homosexuality is moral morally acceptable or is not an issue of morality
• Religion and sexual orientation - Controversy over parallels with other civil rights movements
• Religion and sexual orientation - Genetic determination choice and change
• Religion and sexual orientation - Attacks based on stereotypes linking homosexuality to other behaviors
• Religion and sexual orientation - Views of specific religious groups
• Religion and sexual orientation - Atheists agnostics and secularists
• Religion and sexual orientation - Abrahamic
• Religion and sexual orientation - Buddhism Confucianism and Taoism
• Religion and sexual orientation - Hinduism
• Religion and sexual orientation - Greco-Roman religion
• Religion and sexual orientation - Mythological figures who engaged in same-sex love

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A rite is an established, ceremonious, usually religious act. Rites fall into three major categories: rites of passage, generally changing an individual's social status, such as marriage, Christian baptism, or graduation. rites of worship, where a community comes together to worship, such as Jewish synagogue or Christian Mass rites of personal devotion, where an individual worships, including prayer and ...

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Philosphically, under Japanese rule, Korean philosophy was thrown aside for state Shintoism. Those who were sent to be educated in Japan, returned with limited knowledge of western philosophy as a whole, although the German educational influence in Japan led to the beginning of interest in German idealists in Korea through indirect knowledge, with the exception of Marx, Hegel, and the dialecticians. The strong influence of low church Christianity, through missionary schools, led to practical American YMCA-style philosophy entering int ...

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Korean philosophy, Korean philosophy - Buddhist philosophers, Korean philosophy - Confucian philosophers, Korean philosophy - Neo-Confucian philosophers, Korean philosophy - Schools of thought in the Joseon period, Korean philosophy - Major philosophical figures of the Joseon period, Korean philosophy - Western philosophy in Korea from 1890-1945, Korean philosophy - North Korean post-1945 philosophy

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Main article: Confucianism Although Confucianism is often followed in a religious manner by the Chinese, argument continues over whether to refer to it as a religion because it makes little reference to theological or spiritual matters (God(s), the afterlife, etc.). Confucius's principles gained wide acceptance primarily because of their basis in common Chinese opinion. He championed strong familial loyalty, ancestor worship, and respect of elders by their children and of husbands by their wives, and used the family as a ...

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Confucius, Confucius - His life, Confucius - Teachings, Confucius - Philosophy, Confucius - Ethics, Confucius - Politics, Confucius - Disciples, Confucius - Names, Confucius - Family and descendants, Confucius - Home town

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