3 points of daoism; lenhart

has gods, and rituals, some schools search for immortality and longevity with alchemy and philosophies. focuses on nature to find ways to a successful and healthy life.

Assignment # 3 Canaan Murray

Three points of Daoism.

- Focus on nature

-The relationship between humanity and the cosmos

-Wu Wei which is action through inaction

Taoism John Gutt-Jankowski

• Tao means way or road; Taoism like Confucianism is a way of life, not a religion
• De is the active expression of Tao
• The human body is a microcosm for the universe and is connected to the Five elements of nature: fire, earth, metal, water and wood

Justin Kirkpatrick Assignment 3

Three points of Taoism

1) Spelt Daoism or Taoism.
2) Emphasizes the Three Jewels of the Tao: compassion, moderation and humility.
3) Tao literally means "the way." Think of it as the path to enlightenment.

Katie Lawler & Assignment #3

1. Taoists believe a supreme being/ ultimate truth is beyond words or human understanding.

2. There is an interdependence of all dualities, i.e. there is some good in all evil and some evil in all good. (THE YIN and YANG)

3. Taoism states that words are just a sign to point to the nonconceptual ultimate reality. It is of value to not obsess over the conceptual pointer but to see the ultimate reality clearly.

Read more: http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/2001/06/What-Taoists-Believe.aspx#ixzz1HXKxPtpk

Valerie Hathaway

three facts of Daoism
1. Daoism is based on the teachings of the Tao Te Ching, which was written in 6th century BC
2. Emphasis on spiritual harmony within the individual complements
3. Believes that happiness comes from living a simple life and living in harmony with nature and with the Dao

Assignment 3 - Kristin Kapitan

The three points I learned about Daoism are:

1) There is no personified deity or God like with other religions.

2) The goal for each Daoist follower is to find harmony with the Dao, which is the energy and spirit within everyone to find enlightenment.

3) Daoism provides another religion in China in addition to Confucianism.

My source: http://www.religioustolerance.org/taoism2.htm

Assignment 二 Justin Kirkpatrick

Here are my three points about Confucius 孔子 Kong Zi.

一) For 2,000 years Confucianism was the official philosophy of China. The only way a person could achieve an important position in the government or in society was by having a good knowledge of Confucianism.

二) According to Confucius, each person had a specific place in society and certain duties to fulfill. Confucius hoped that if people knew what was expected of them they would behave correctly. Therefore, he set up five principal relationships in which most people are involved. These relationships were (1) ruler and subject; (2) father and son; (3) elder brother and younger brother; (4) husband and wife; and (5) friend and friend.

三) Confucianism is an ethical system rather than a religion.

Source

assignment 2 - Kai Volkmann

Confucianism

Often referred to as a philosphy, not a religion, even though its often lumped with the religions, generally speaking

Most who follow confucianism also follow buddhism and taoism all together

Generally means "the school of scholars"

Assignment #2 Confucianism- Lenhart

Confucianism is based around humanity and relationships.

There's no distinction of class.

Harmony.

Assignment 2 - Emily Proeber

Confucianism follows the teachings of Confucious

It is mainly found in East Asia

It centers on the idea of becoming more whole in one's being

assignment 2 Colleen Geddes

Confucianism

Main teaching was to seek knowledge, study and become a better person

Confucius claimed that he never invented anything but was only transmitting ancient knowledge but he did create new ideas

In Confucianism, human beings are teachable, improvable and perfectible through personal and communal endeavor especially including self-cultivation and self-creation

Assignment 2: Confucianism Megan

Confucianism is a complex system of moral, social, political, philosophical, and quasi-religious thought that influenced the culture and history of East Asia.

In this system, human beings are teachable, improvable and perfectible through personal and communal endeavor especially including self-cultivation and self-creation.

Humanity is at the core of this thought system.

Assignment 2

-Confucianism does not have any specific practices or rituals and is considered more of a philosophy than a religion.

-Confucianism believes in the values of Li (includes ritual, priority, etiquette), Hsiao (Love within the family), Yi (righteousness), Xin (honesty and trustworthiness), Jen (humanness towards others), and Chung (loyalty to state).

-Three dimensions of the human condition are expressed in Confucianism spiritually. The three dimensions are self, community, and tradition.

Edward Fernandez Assignment #2

• Confucianism isn't necessarily a religion, but set point of morals that one must follow.

• Confucianism began between the 3rd and 7th century BCE.

• Belief that a person has 2 souls and when they die one of the souls goes up and resides in ancestral tablets and the other soul sinks into the ground with the body.

http://www.caseforest.com/case-study-Religion39.aspx

Caitlin Marotte Assignment 2

Confucians were concerned with "Gentlemanly Behavior" or Junzi.

They also believed in the Five Relationships (Ruler to ruled, husband to wife, father to son, elder brother to younger brother, and friend to friend.)

Filial Piety was stressed above all else.

Source: http://cnx.org/content/m23189/latest/

Valerie Hathaway Assignment #2

• the main principles are ren, li, zhong, shu, and xiao. Together these help to create virtue.
• Confucianism has a highly optimistic view of the human nature
• Believes that humans are teachable, improvable, and perfectible through personal and communal endeavor

John Gutt-Jankowski assignment 2

• Confucianism began as a moral code rather than a religion. The mass following of these codes are what transformed them into a genuine religion.
• There are many elements in Confucianism, in particular：Humanity, Righteousness, Ritual, Knowledge and Integrity
• These elements contribute to a virtuous life, the ultimate goal of Confucianism

Links of interest:

http://kengarman.tripod.com/easternphilosophy/id3.html

http://www.religionfacts.com/a-z-religion-index/confucianism.htm

Shintaro Akiyama Assignment

The key points of Confucianism are

仁義礼智信

To think others, To do what you have to do, To be respectful, To study, and To be honest.

Canaan Murray - Assignment # 2

Developed from the Chinese philosopher Confucius

Through Confucianism teachings human beings are able to reach perfection through self-cultivation and self-creation

The development of moral perfection is one of the key goals of Confucianism along with strong virtues

Assignment 2 Coty Tatge

Confucianism
1. A complex system of moral, social, political, philosophical, and quasi-religious thought.
2. China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam are the largest places affected by this concept.
3. Humanity is the core of Confucianism.

Katie Lawler & Assignment #2

Three key concepts for Confucianism are:

1. Man can be taught through cultivation of virtue and scholarship & can achieve moral perfection
2. One must practice actions founded in virtue in both the public and private sectors
3. The five bonds in relationships: Ruler to ruled, Father to son, husband to wife, elder brother to younger brother, and friend to friend

Information g-snatched from: http://kengarman.tripod.com/easternphilosophy/id3.html

Assignment #2 - Kristin Kapitan

The three main points regarding Confucianism that I found out were:

1) Confucianism has six main ethical beliefs. Of these six, "jen" (benevolence, kindness towards others) is the most important.

2) Relationships are central to Confucianism. Originally, a son was to show filial piety to his parents. This led to the formation of the five most important relationships.

3) Confucianism has two sacred texts: the Si Shu (Four Books) and the Wu Jing (Five Classics) written in the Sung dynasty and organized by Chu Hsi.

I got my information from: http://www.religioustolerance.org/confuciu.htm

(history, beliefs, and practices.)

Assignment 1

I would like to present the word 女 (woman)

Three main points I found are:
1. Hanzi started 4,000 years ago as ideographic pictograms
2. Modern Chinese writing uses about 6,000 hanzi for the average daily use
3. A hanzi or kanji character can contain one stroke or more than 30 strokes and is taught to be written in a precise order.

The website I used was:
www.globalz.com/info.aspx?PageID=30

Kai Volkmann -- Assignment 1

• The hanzi I will talk about is Dòu --鬥

• http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?/topic/34130-chinese-hanzi-versus-japanese-kanji/
• http://www.buildingcharacters.com/kanji.html
• kanji is often the simplified version of hanzi
• kanji has radicals
• kanji is a term found in English Dictionaries, hanzi isn't

Today's Assignment - Caitlin M

The Character I will be going over is Zhi, or Feline.

Website: http://www.logoi.com/notes/kanji_origins.html

-The word Kanji in Japanese means Chinese characters
-Hanzi was integrated into Japan via Korea in the 5th century
-In Japan, you need to know about 2,000 Kanji to read a newspaper, whereas in China you need to know much more.

assignment 1

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/writjap.htm

Chinese Hanzi is more stable in pronounciation then Kanji.
Kanji can change according to context and make different combinations.
After the first dozen or so the kanji character become uncertain to what their entended meanings are.

Katie Lawler & Assignment #1

1) I chose the symbol for beard, Xū. It's basically the reverse of the katakana　ミ. Many jokes are made about Chinese not being able to grow facial hair.

2) http://www.learn-japanese-kanji-hiragana-katakana.com/JapaneseKanji_ChineseKanji.htm

• Japanese use less kanji characters than Chinese, due to the advent of kana.
• There are two ways to read a kanji, onyomi and kunyomi. The onyomi is the original Chinese reading assimilated into Japanese and kunyomi is a strictly Japanese reading.
• Kanji tend to have multiple meanings depending on context kanji, altering base meaning.
  

Edward Fernandez - Assignment # 1

1). I chose the hanzi "hei" 黒 which means black.

2). The link I used was http://www2.gol.com/users/jpc/Japan/Kanji/history.htm

3). Interesting facts

• (1100 - 221 B.C.) Over time scribes began to neglect the origins of the actual characters creating newer characters leaving out bits and pieces, because they were to lazy to write the entire character out.
• Tang () dynasty (618-907 A.D.) Another factor that caused the change of characters is the use of brushes instead of using bone.
• Modern time: In Japan only a minimum of 2,000 kanji are needed to read a newspaper and in China 4,000 to 8,000 are needed in order to read a newspaper.

Kristin Kapitan - Assignment # 1

1) I chose this Hanzi: 聿 "yu" meaning paintbrush.

2) I found this website on Kanji and Hanzi: http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/japanese_language/kanji.htm

Three things I found that were important were:

1) One of the earliest records of Chinese in Japan was the discovery of the Eastern Han emperor's gold seal in Japan dating back to 57 AD.

2) The first use of Hanzi in Japan was with the Japanese writing system called man'yogana which used Chinese characters for their associated sounds in poetry and not their actual meanings. Eventually this evolved into the modern day Hiragana system in Japan.

3) Japan has used Hanzi to make their own characters called Kokuji or Wasei Kanji like 峠 "toge" (mountain pass) that are unique to Japanese.

Coty Tatge Assignment 1

1. I will be explaining the story of the character...

2. The link I found was: Building Characters

• Japanese originally had no writing system
• The two characters for "kanji" literally translate to: Chinese Characters
• The term kanji is found in English dictionaries. The term hanzi is not. 

John Gutt-Jankowski's Assignment 1

一）I'll be covering the caracter 鸟

二）Ι found this website on Kanji history: http://www.kanjigraphy.com/mainpages/info/history.html

1. The oldest writing material comes from the Shang dynasty (1500 B.C. - 1066 B.C.) on tortoise shell's.
2. In the Age of the Three Kingdoms (220 A.D. - 589 A.D.) is when "square style", "semi-cursive" and "cursive style" were invented for faster writing.
3. The "square style" created in the Later Eastern Han dynasty and is what modern Kanji is based upon.

Justin Kirkpatrick Assignment 1

1) I am going to give a short presentation on the character 王 (wáng).

2) The website that I found is here (click here)

Here are three points that I found most interesting:

一) Hanzi originated approximately 4,000 years ago as ideographic pictograms.

二) Hanzi were imported into Japan in the fifth century.

三) Over 50,000 hanzi have been catalogued; modern Chinese writing uses approximately 6,000 hanzi for daily use.

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