| read Confucius---- humanity  | | | |  One of the most important ideas of Confucius is HUMANITY, in Chinese REN. This idea is not only seen in his political attitude, but also in his views of life, moral standard and manners. To quote from THE ANALECTS (a book compiled by his students as a record of his sayings), the meaning of Humanity is as following:
Confucius said,'Humanity means to restrain oneself and observe the rites. Once one does this, the whole world will be embraced in one's humane mind.' (Rites were norms and regulations guiding the behaviour of the nobles and relations among them.)
Confucius said,'A humane person is one who help others to be established when he wishes to be established himself. To start from one's own desires can be a way of practising humanity.'(translated by Pro. Ding Wangdao)
To start from one's own desires implies thinking that others may have the similar desires as one's own. There are many other sayings on humanity. Maybe it is a little difficult to understand. Please give your comments. I appreciate them very much in advance.
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| | 1. kacy_kongrui (33)
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4 years ago
| |  Yes ,humanity is the essential principle of Confuciusism. It is considered as the basic foundation of the the ancient goverer to control the people by Confucius.Also it is important in modern times. He advocated people to love each other, to help each other as they love their families and themselves.
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| 2.  OUTBACKBEN (741)
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4 years ago
| |  Similarly Jesus said: Love Thy Neighbour.
Krishna said: Do your duty and NOT mind the 'return'.
But modern day preachers mix philosophy with politics and get into trouble and thereby their charisma is greatlly reduced.
The example of Norman Vincent Peale, the American Reformed Church pastor and author and broadcaster comes to mind. His books sold in millions, his church grow from 600 to 5,000 parishoners, and he had a devotional standing in the English language world.
But, being a family friend of Richard Nixon he made a pronouncement on the candidacy of John F. Kennedy: "Faced with the election of a Catholic, our culture is at stake".
This partisan declaration made him a pariah among intellectuals.
What I mean is that ancient sages were of humane kind while the modern ones fell by the wayside because they were not 'free from attachment'.
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| 3.  colydf (816)
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2 years ago
| |  Yes, as you said, humanity is very important in the ideas of Confucius as well as the most important book about Confucius -- the Analects. I love reading the ANALECTS a lot because there are a lot of famous sayings in it. They are very thoughtful and inspring.
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