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Discuss the five cardinal principles of Confucius
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Five Cardinal principles of Confucius.
(a) Humaneness
(b) Righteousness
(c) Propriety
(d) Wisdom
(e) Trustworthiness.
- Confucius said that wisdom grows from the family and that the foundation of society is the disciplined individual in an orderly family.
- The superior man is not merely intelligent or scholarly, but his characters should be exemplary
- The superior man possesses three virtues, intelligence, coinage and goodwill.
- Though confucius insisted on children obeying parents, he clearly proposed that any wrong command should be resisted immediately.
- According to him a good government should have sufficiency of food, sufficiency of military equipment and confidence of the people in their ruler.
- The philosophy of Confucius gave the Chinese people an awareness about their political rights.
- It also clearly listed the government’s duty towards the people
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