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Confucian And Jen

Confucian teachings focuses around the idea of Jen or in other words "virtue of humanity". In order to accomplish this divinity, five relationships must be honored: ruler and minister, father and son, husband and wife, elder and younger brother, and friend and friend (Hsueh-li, 11). This way of living and thinking led a push for a revolution of the political system to adopt the methods of Jen. Confucius's main goal was to revive the ancient Chinese culture by redefining the importance of society and government. He described a society governed by reasonable, humane, and just sensibilities, not by the passions of individuals arbitrarily empowered by hereditary status (Hsueh-li, 13). He felt that this could be achieved through education and the unification of cultural beliefs. He believed that a nation would be benefited by citizens that were cultivated people whose intellects and emotions had been developed and matured by conscious people
(Wright, 123).

Confucius believed that......


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