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MrMac:Blog Assignment

As a group: Write a 20 question test that covers the most important elements of confusionism.

Life of Confucius

 Confucius, also known as Kong Fu-zi was born in the state of Lu in 551 BC and died in 479.It was a time when China was being sliced into feudal states by the warlord “princes” who raised armies, waged battles, oppressed slave laborers, and heavily taxed subjects. Ch’iu was a self-educated youth, raised by a poor family in the state of Lu. In his teenage years, he had an administrative position with the local noble, managing his agricultural accounts. It was here that Ch’iu started developing a passion for ethical philosophy. As an adult, Ch’iu left his homeland and began wandering from state to state in China. His ambition was to share his philosophy with the ruling princes, believing that these powerful leaders had an obligation to lead their people with virtue. Rather than leading for power, control, money, or ego, the princes of China must understand their higher purpose, which was to do “right” and lead by selfless example. He ultimately returned to his home state and started an informal school where he taught his principles to a growing number of followers. He taught in areas of ethics, leadership, history, psychology, and the arts. His strategy was to train-up young men in virtuous education and then watch them take positions in government throughout China, where they could have a true impact on transforming the land.  By the time he died in 478 BC, K’ung Fu-tzu was considered, alongside Buddha, as one of the two greatest ethical minds in the East. 

The History of Taoism

The history of Taoism stretches throughout Chinese history. Originating in prehistoric China, it has exerted a powerful influence over Chinese culture throughout the ages. Taoism evolved in response to changing times, its doctrine and associated practices revised and refined. The acceptance of Taoism by the ruling class has waxed and waned, alternately enjoying periods of favor and rejection. But it was always the backbone of most of Chinese society. Most recently, Taoism has emerged from a period of suppression and is undergoing a revival in China.

Taoism and its believes

Taoism, also known as Daoism,  is not entirely different from Confucianism or Chinese folk religion. Since all Chinese religions are very similar in practice and philosophy, most operate with the same ancient worldview. Taoism believes that  Since early times the people have been an awareness of man's close relationship with nature and the universe, a cyclical view of time and the universe, veneration or worship of ancestors, the idea of Heaven, and belief in the divinity of the sovereign.  Taoism focuses on the individual spiritual life. 

Buddhism and The Buddha

The Buddha was once a man named Siddhartha Gautama he lived during the 5th century. he belonged to a wealthy  family. He would never come out of his house one day he finally did and saw four sights that made him change his mind. He saw a sick person, a dead man, a beggar, and a bent old man. This made him change his perspective of life an he decided to leave everything behind and live in total poverty. But then he decided that that did not take you any closer to finding the truth, he reached an answer and decided that the answer was the balance. And in balance was how he tried to life the rest of his life.   

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the eight fold path is the way to go. the eight fold path shows you the way to live a life with no regrets nor fights with anybody.