Could anybody out there help me with understanding what confusionism and neo-confusioism are about. I know that confucious was a chinese philosopher and that his ideas were before his time but that's about it. Any help would be greatly appreciated because i need to know this sort of stuff for my black belt.
theory question hey! have you not looked in up on google? Confucious "kongfuzi" (master kung) was born around 551 BC.i know that confusianism is a philosophy relating to courage, loyalty, and courtesy between human beings. it was based on the theory of higher individuals setting the example, and inferior individuals to follow it. there are 5 "relationships": parents/children, eldest/youngest siblings, husband/wife (wife being superior i hope ) friends and teacher/follower. as for neo confusianism, you'll have to look it up yourself, seen as you should be doing your own homework anyway lol!! because a little birdie told me all the black tags at your club got asked to find out about it ! good luck
Confusionism is a philosophy where people just don't get it. Confucianism is a school of thought which governs the daily social interaction in China (and some parts of Japan and Korea--though this is dwindling fast). It prizes reciprocal relationships with family (especially between parents and children) as well as in governmental structures. For a more detailed analysis, do some research :Angel:
The Neo-Confucians came along much later. It's two most famous philosophers were Chu Hsi & Wang Yang-ming. I believe they mixed Confucianism with other schools of thought. Taoism springs to mind in Wang's case but it has been too many years since I read their work. Sandus is correct in his post. Confucianism involved social interaction in its various aspects. One of it's effect was an emphasis on scholasticism.
