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17 Oct 2006 02:38:33 AM |
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Confucius, we say |
Confucius, we say
Daniel A Bell
October 16, 2006 04:25 PM
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/daniel_a_bell/2006/10/daniel_bell.html
In my first post on this blog, I discussed the end of Marxist ideology
in China. It doesn't mean the end of all ideology, however. In China,
the moral void is being filled by Christian sects, Falungong, and
extreme forms of nationalism.
Such alternatives are often threatening for the government, and are
seen as challenges to the hard-won peace and stability that underpins
development; so, as I've discussed elsewhere, the leaders have
encouraged the revival of Confucianism as a way of fighting back
against the various ideologies competing for attention. But
Confucianism, like most ideologies, can be a double-edged sword.
Confucianism
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/b1375b5d14052549
Is the wakening giant a monster?
http://tinyurl.com/iws6
A Blueprint for the Future
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/0566c3afe4d81c92
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| User: "Alex" |
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| Title: Re: Confucius, we say |
17 Oct 2006 07:55:07 PM |
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Chinese only know the Confucius of 60 years old but do not know the
mentality of Confucius after his 60 birthday.
Confucius got the Tao transmission from Laozi at the age of 60. There
after Laozi disappeared from official work into retirement.
No one did compile the work on Confucius after his 60th birthday. Most
of the writing are recorded before his 60th birthday.
He was a totally different man after receiving the Tao transmission
from Laozi. And I think the 7 verses or para in Daxue were written by
him then. The rest he handed over to his grandson to continue.
What China knows of Confucianism is the first part of Confucius life.
China does not know the second part of his life. His latter teaching
will be different, so he did not indulge in them in case many of his
previous teaching and saying have to be revoked.
maff wrote:
Confucius, we say
Daniel A Bell
October 16, 2006 04:25 PM
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/daniel_a_bell/2006/10/daniel_bell.html
In my first post on this blog, I discussed the end of Marxist ideology
in China. It doesn't mean the end of all ideology, however. In China,
the moral void is being filled by Christian sects, Falungong, and
extreme forms of nationalism.
Such alternatives are often threatening for the government, and are
seen as challenges to the hard-won peace and stability that underpins
development; so, as I've discussed elsewhere, the leaders have
encouraged the revival of Confucianism as a way of fighting back
against the various ideologies competing for attention. But
Confucianism, like most ideologies, can be a double-edged sword.
Confucianism
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/b1375b5d14052549
Is the wakening giant a monster?
http://tinyurl.com/iws6
A Blueprint for the Future
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/0566c3afe4d81c92
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