Lecture 02 The Confucianism before Neo-Confucianism

Personal ethics within a feudal system (the pre-Qin era, - 221B.C. )
- Shi 士 as the focus of discussion
- maintaining the Zhou feudal system: the system of rites (li 禮) and music (yue 樂)
- Confucius 孔子 (丘, 550B.C.-477B.C.)
- Mencius 孟子 (軻, 370B.C.-288B.C.)
- Xunzi 荀子 (況, 313B.C.-237B.C.)
Ideology for the Empire (the Han dynasty, 206 B.C. - 220)
- The reason of the failure of the Qin Dynasty
- The adoption of the Confucian ideology as the state ideology
- The Doctoral System (boshi 博士)
- The relevance of the Classics
Clan Ethics during the Six Dynasties (220-589)
- The Nine-Rank system
- The de-Confucianized states
- Family Instruction by Mr. Yan (Yanshi jiaxun 顏氏家訓)
- The popularity of Buddhism and Daoism
The Three Teachings: Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism
- Doctrines taught and politics
- Doctrines taught and society
- Daoist Doctrine
- Buddhist Doctrine
"China Turning inward"
- From ordering the world toward cultivating the inner self
- From human affairs (shi 事) toward the principles (li 理)
- From ethical toward moral
- Between Heaven and the self