Both Confucianism and Daoism were contrasting traditions that influenced China and the Eastern Asian countries. Confucianism originated for Confucius, or Mast K’ung, who taught that reason and logic could solve all human problems. Excessive emotions and superstition are rejected from his philosophy. Through his philosophy, Confucius turn ancient China into a more structured society. Education and other Confucian ideas shaped the Chinese society. Both a tradition and a religion, Confucianism taught
The introduction of Neo-Confucianism from China and the establishment of a stable state under Tokugawa rule helped to establish a new perspective of Confucian philosophy. Ultimately, Neo-Confucianism itself did not become a dominant philosophy in Japan, but its presence challenged the dominant Buddhist philosophies. In this paper, by mainly focusing on the incident of Akō vendetta, how the new understanding of 忠 and 孝, which are one of the central ideas of Confucian philosophy, came to be shared
several questions regarding women of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties arise. Some examples include what the role and status of women in a traditional household was, how valued female education was, and whether traditional views, such as Confucianism, have