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Nostalgia of the Zhou Dynasty: Rise of Chinese Philosophies

Explore the collapse of Zhou Dynasty, rise of independent kingdoms, and influence of the Hundred Schools of Thought in ancient China. Dive into Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism, and more. Witness the quest for social order and the pursuit of harmony in Chinese philosophy.

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Nostalgia of the Zhou Dynasty: Rise of Chinese Philosophies

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  1. Themes In Chinese Philosophy

  2. The End of Feudal China • Collapse of Zhou Dynasty • Disintegration of state • Social disorder • Rise of independent kingdoms

  3. The Hundred Schools of Thought • Only Six were important • School of Names (名家, míngjiā) • Yin-Yang School (陰陽家, yīnyángjiā) • Confucianism (儒家, rújiā) • Taoism (道家, dàojiā) • Mohism (墨家, mòjiā) • Legalism (法家, fǎjiā)

  4. The Social Order • Looking for the Way to behave • Dào (道) • The goal is to promote Harmony

  5. Nostalgia • Unity: China ought to be a single state with one ruler • He has the Mandate of Heaven (天命, tiānmìng) • He is the Son of Heaven (天子 tiānzì) • He rules all Under Heaven (天下, tiān xià) Note: Heaven is partly a divinity and partly Nature

  6. Nostalgia

  7. Nostalgia • Precedent: the preferred validator • The Five Emperors • The Yellow Emperor (黃帝, huángdì) • Zhuānxū(顓頊) • Dì Kù (帝嚳) • Yao (堯) • Shun (舜) • Yu (禹)

  8. Nostalgia • Precedent: the preferred validator • The Five Classics • Classic of Changes (易經, Yi Jīng). • Classic of Poetry (詩經, Shī Jīng). • Classic of History (書經, Shū Jīng). • Book of Rites (禮記 Lǐ Jì). • Spring and Autumn Annals (春秋 Chūn Qiū).

  9. Nostalgia • The centrality of the family

  10. Idealisation of Nature • Nature has a Yin-Yang duality • The alternation of the two creates cycles

  11. Human Nature • Is Man Good or Bad? • Every man should aim to be a sage (聖, shèng)

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