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| | Confucianism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | If the definition used is worship of supernatural entities, the answer may be that Confucianism is not a religion, but then this definition could also be used to argue that many traditions commonly held to be religious (Buddhism, some forms of Islam, etc.) are also not, in fact, religions. | | | Thus, Confucianism is often considered an ethical tradition and not a religion. | | | It suggests that Confucianism cannot "answer fully to the religious needs of the heart" since it deemphasizes active participation in worship of the deity, has "little use of prayer," recognizes no concept of grace, and has "no definite teaching" regarding the afterlife. |
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| | Korean Confucianism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Moreover, Confucianism is not necessarily regarded as a religion, allowing one to be a Taoist, Christian, Muslim, Shintoist or Buddhist and still profess Confucianist beliefs. | | | The influence of Buddhism in the Korean educational, moral, and political systems was the first major intellectual import; Confucianism came to Korea in the Three kingdoms period alongside of Buddhist teaching. | | | The most important ceremonies of Korean Confucianism were those that celebrated the coming of age, marriage, death, as well as the anniversary of the death of the ancestors. |
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| | Confucianism is a philosophy of living rather than a religion and may guide one's life while one practices other religions without contradiction. | | | Confucianism is usually practiced in conjunction with other religious beliefs. | | | The search for spirituality in the inner self and its relation to the world that is the province of Buddhism. |
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http://www.gasi.org/diversity/religion/confucian.htm
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| | Confucianism, Confucius, symbols, the Jen |
| | Confucianism is actually a philosophy of life, not a Religion. | | | Confucianism is a "code of conduct" to live this life, and it has had a tremendous impact on how the Chinese live their lives... | | | Written by his pupils, is the Bible of Confucianism. |
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http://www.religion-cults.com/Eastern/Confucianism/confuci.htm
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| | Confucius, K'ung-fu-tzu |
| | Confucians originally thought of Buddhists as similarly un-Chinese; but Buddhism became so popular after the fall of the Later Hàn Dynasty (220 AD) that, by the time of the Suí (590-618) and T'ang [Táng] (618-906), it was accepted as properly Chinese. | | | While the practice of Confucianism was not entirely consistent with these principles of Confucius just expressed, his attitude did have a significant effect on the conduct of Chinese religion, where popular gods possessed less status in terms of politics and high culture than we see in most other civilizations. | | | There is considerably irony in this, not only because Confucianism later became one of the major religions of China, but in comparison to the life of Socrates, who was born just nine years after Confucius died. |
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http://www.friesian.com/confuci.htm
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Confucianism |
| | Confucianism is a religion without positive revelation, with a minimum of dogmatic teaching, whose popular worship is centered in offerings to the dead, in which the notion of duty is extended beyond the sphere of morals proper so as to embrace almost every detail of daily life. | | | By Confucianism is meant the complex system of moral, social, political, and religious teaching built up by Confucius on the ancient Chinese traditions, and perpetuated as the State religion down to the present day. | | | It is doubtless this uncompromising attitude of Confucianism towards vicious self-seeking rulers of the people that all but caused its extinction towards the end of the third century B.C. In the year 213 B.C., the subverter of the Chow dynasty, Shi Hwang-ti, promulgated the decree that all Confucian books, excepting the "Y-king", should be destroyed. |
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| | World Religions-Confucianism |
| | Confucianism does not contain all of the elements of some other religions, like Christianity and Islam. | | | In China, and some other areas in Asia, the social ethics and moral teachings of Confucius are blended with the Taoist communion with nature and Buddhist concepts of the afterlife, to form a set of complementary, peacefully co-existent and ecumenical religions. | | | Confucian practice became the characteristic world view and practice of the Chinese people for over 2,000 years. |
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| | Confucianism in Korea |
| | In his teachings, he elucidated Confucian orthodoxy, claiming that Buddhism and Taoism stood outside of the Confucianism orthodoxy and were thereby heterodox. | | | Although Confucianism was introduced to Korea before Buddhism, its ideological flowering occurred later through the introduction of Neo-Confucianism during the late-Koryo and early-Choson periods. | | | Chong thus claimed that Taoism and Buddhism were one-sided and incomplete heterodoxies which should be abolished and replaced with orthodox Confucianism. |
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| | Confucianism |
| | Nevertheless, Confucianism as a religious system is opposed to the teachings of Christianity and must be rejected summarily by Christians. | | | Since Confucianism gradually assumed control over all of one's life, and it was the presupposition from which all action was decided, it necessarily permeated Chinese religious thought, belief and practice as well. | | | The emphasis in Confucianism was on the earthly, not the heavenly; but heaven and its doings were assumed to be real rather than imaginary. |
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http://www.greatcom.org/resources/handbook_of_todays_religions/03chap04
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| | Confucianism - Jongmyo Royal Ancestral Shrine |
| | Confucianism, with these practical social concepts, was surpassed by Buddhism from the 3rd to 7th century A.D., Confucianism had a revival under the Tang Dynasty of China (618-907). | | | The Song Dynasty (960-1279) developed a modified version of Confucianism, based on beliefs of Zen Buddhism and during the Ming Dynasty, under the Pinyin system, (1368-1644) meditation became a part of Confucianism. | | | Although Confucianism was introduced to Korea during the Three Kingdoms era (57 B.C.-A.D. 668) even before Buddhism, its ideological flowering occurred later through the introduction of Neo-Confucianism during the early period of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). |
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| | FORE: Religion- Confucianism-Introduction |
| | Confucian ethics in its most comprehensive form relies on a cosmological context of the entire triad of heaven, earth, and humans. | | | This recognition of the ceaseless movement of the cosmos arises from a profound meditation on the fecundity of nature in continually giving birth to new life. | | | She received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in the history of religions, specializing in Confucianism in Japan. |
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http://environment.harvard.edu/religion/religion/confucianism
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| | Confucianism: An Introduction |
| | Although Confucianism does not claim revelatory scriptures, the Five Classics and the Four Books are regarded as the touch-stone of Confucian conduct and wisdom. | | | The Confucian cult was checked in 1503 when the images of Confucius were ordered removed from the temples and replaced with wooden tablets inscribed with his teachings. | | | Since filial piety is the root of all virtue this concern for parental respect is seen in the veneration of age and ancestor worship. |
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| | URI Kids :: World Religions |
| | Also, over time aspects of Buddhism and Taoism have influenced Confucianism. | | | Some say Confucianism is more a description of how to be a good person than a spiritual practice. | | | There are five texts which contain Confucian scriptures. |
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| | Confucianism |
| | The water symbol—Though this worldview [confucianism] is recognized as one of the eleven main living religions, it has no standard symbol or icon representing its belief system. | | | In spite of the influence of Taoism and Buddhism, Confucian ethics have had the strongest influence on the moral fabric of Chinese society. | | | Mencius, Xunzi, and others sustained Confucianism, but it was not influential until Dong Zhongshu emerged in the 2nd century BC. |
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| | MrDonn.org - The Three Teachings - Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism |
| | In T'ang times, Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism became known as the Three Doctrines, or the "Three Teachings". | | | MrDonn.org - The Three Teachings - Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism | | | In T'ang times, a man might honor his ancestors by following the rigid rules of social behavior as dictated by Confucianism, attend a Buddhist pageant, and practice Taoist breathing exercises, all in the same day. |
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| | Confucianism |
| | In Vietnam, Confucianism was used primarily for the running of the state, and Taoism and Buddhism for the morality of its citizens. | | | Most of the ideology dictates that the primary focus of Confucian doctrine is to balance the relationships of individual family, and society with the Five Agents of the Universe. | | | More a method of management than an actual religion, it became a mode by which rulers and civic leaders could run the bureaucracy of the state. |
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http://mcel.pacificu.edu/as/students/vb/Confuci.HTM
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| | Confucianism Beliefs and Confucius: Chinese Beliefs |
| | In the coming Wei and Jin Dynasties, Confucianism coexisted with Buddhism and Taoism. | | | Strictly speaking, it is not a religion but more a doctrine than belief, while the meaning behind the beautiful words renders wordy post-modernism pale and dull. | | | It is said that among 3000 of Confucius' disciples, there were 72 who were brilliant and who succeeded in morality, literature, language, and especially politics. |
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| | The major world religions |
| | For an excellent introduction to Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Confucianism, Christianity, and Judaism, Huston Smith's "The World's Religions" is highly recommended. | | | Unlike most religions, Confucianism is primarily an ethical system with rituals at important times during one's lifetime. | | | The most important periods recognized in the Confucian tradition are birth, reaching maturity, marriage, and death. |
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| | The Spiritual Sanctuary Celebrates Confucianism |
| | It is true that unlike other living faiths, Confucianism has lost its organisational and institutional mechanism. | | | Man's mind consists of Dao-mind and human-mind,which are all given by God. | | | integration among Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Islam and Taoism. |
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| | Daily Life in Ancient China - Welcome to Ancient China! |
| | Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism were known in T'ang times as the Three Doctrines. | | | u were to ask someone in ancient China, even as late as 8th century A.D., what is the official religion of China?-they probably would not have mentioned Buddhism, Confucianism, or Taoism. | | | They would probably have said something like this: The proper and seasonable worship of the gods of the rivers and mountains, and wind and moon, and of our noble ancestors. |
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| | Confucianism |
| | Ironically, Confucius died a failure--he never got anyone besides a handful of disciples to follow him--but after his death (in 479 BC) Confucianism became the most important influence on Chinese culture. | | | After his death, however, his followers passed on the Confucian tradition. | | | Because of this, Confucianism according to Confucius is open to interpretation. |
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| | Tokugawa Neo-Confucianism |
| | Although Confucianism had been rooted in Japan since the sixth century A.D., it had largely been confined to Buddhist monasteries; however, Tokugawa Ieyasu turned to Confucianism, particularly Neo-Confucianism, as he began to build the bureaucracy which would eventually bring about over 260 years of domestic peace. | | | The "natural" law behind Kaiho's thought was the Confucian moral law that governed heaven and earth. | | | The eighteenth century saw an efflorescence of Confucian and Neo-Confucian thought, particularly the application of Neo-Confucian rationalism and science. |
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http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/TOKJAPAN/NEO.HTM
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| | Confucianism |
| | What you do not wish others should do unto you, do not do unto them. | | | The Confucian Doctrine of the Mean is to be practised for the cultivation of the Moral Order. | | | CONFUCIANISM is an inner attitude, a method, copied from great nature, whereby man should contact and control his outer environment. |
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| | Confucianism: A Brief Introduction |
| | Centered in China, the coexisting ideas and practices of Confucianism and Taoism influence Asia and to a lesser degree, other world cultures. | | | Confucianism primer Basic information and links to a variety of sources that include texts and descriptions. |
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| | Technorati Tag: confucianism |
| | Posts tagged Confucianism per day for the last 30 days. | | | I am thinking about the relationship between Confucian ideals and Chinese nationalism. | | | Research Confucianism at Questia Research and discover over 1,000,000 books, journals and articles covering over 6,000 research topics, continuously updated - a complete academic library. |
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