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A 5 page paper arguing that though China has sought to be based on the teachings of Confucius, it has not been so throughout most of its history. The paper discusses several of the Confucian analects to support the statement. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSchinaConfu.rtf
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China is a Confucian Society When even in traditional times it was less-than-Confucian. Claiming that China at any time was a Confucian society
equates to saying that the US is one based on the Bible because it was colonized by those seeking religious freedom. The Pilgrims did seek religious freedom and they
found it in the New World, but it only existed for them. Any who would deign to disagree was quickly ostracized. There was no religious freedom for those
individuals. The parallels exist for China as a Confucian society. Confucianism was a goal of many of Chinas rulers as religious freedom
has been in the US. Confucianism as an overriding factor in Chinese government remained elusive, however. Emergence of the Modern Era
The Qing dynasty had united most of the lands of what we now refer to as China by the end of the 17th
century. Strict internal controls and a strong military presence contributed to a century of relative peace and prosperity, but the population has been estimated to have doubled during the
18th century. Commercial development did not keep pace, and the peoples living standard declined. The military fell into decline as well and became only an economic drain that
could provide little if any benefit. Chien Lungs reign had been marked by internal corruption at levels previously unknown, and the cumulative financial result was that China needed to
accept some of the European overtures to trade. One of the first analects of Confucius reads, "Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles."
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