Comparison between American Puritanism and
Chine Confucianism
Confucianism is a Chine ethical and philosophical system developed from the teachings of the Chine philosopher Confucius(“Master Kong”, 551–478 BC). It is a complex system of moral, social, political,philosophical, and quasi-religious thought that influenced the culture and history of East Asia It might be considered a state religion of some East Asian countries, becau of state promotion of Confucian philosophies. Cultures and countries strongly influenced by Confucianism include mainland China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Vietnam, as well as various territories ttled predominantly by Chine people, such as Singapore.
xxx动画In Confucianism, human beings are teachable, improvable and perfectible through personal and communal endeavor especially including lf-cultivation and lf-creation. A main idea of Confucianism is the cultivation of virtue and the development of moral perfection. Confucianism holds that one should give up one's life, if necessary, either passively or actively, for the sake of upholding the cardinal moral values of ren and yi. Confucianism regards individual as a social creature obligated to each other
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剡怎么读音The may include the relations sovereign and subject. Parent and child、elder and younger、husband and wife or even friend and friend. Confucianism defined the rules in engagement, action, and responsibilities in all the human relationships and interactions. Proper conduct proceeds not through compulsion, but through a n of virtue and lf-consciousness achieved by learning, obrving and practicing.
Confucianism laid a basis for the social order in ancient China since 200BC.It provided working rules and ethical precept for Chine to follow. Even today the majority of Chine still behave according to the rules.
If Confucianism is the major element influencing the ideology of Chine, Puritanism was one of the most enduring shaping influences in American thought and American literature. Puritanism, in the 16th and 17th cent., a movement for reform in the Church of England that had a profound influence on the social, political, ethical, and theological ideas of England and America. Puritanism, rather than a fixed t of theories, is a code of values, a philosophy of life, and even a point of life. The Puritans looked upon themlves as a chon people, and they came to America, which
they looked as the “promid land”that God rewards to his chon people, to restore the Garden of Eden. And American literature bad on this myth.经典电影海报
Puritan values (creeds) included: Hard work, thrift, piety, sobriety, simple tastes. Puritans are more practical, tougher, and to be ever ready for any misfortune and tragic failure.
They are optimistic. Puritans believed in the ultimate authority of the word of God in all matters of faith and practice. This meant the scripture--not a pope or a pastor--was only arbiter of truth. On it, and it alone, the Puritans bad their theology, doctrine, practices, and their statecraft. But they failed to recognize there is a difference between inspiration and printer's ink. Words are no more than symbols on a page, and have meaning only when we e their significance for us. The Bible is simply the record of men and women who have encountered God, and can never be the same again. But the Puritans came to idolize it.
迟来的礼物Both the two have played a tremendously important role in the foundation and growth of American and Chine society respectively. Meanwhile, their irreplaceable powers have influenced two most wonderful countries in the world.
From the above, we can e that although there are some
different, both are rational. They lay great stress on purity of heart, exhort the people to develop a good character first, which is a priceless jewel and which is the best of all virtues. They help people to find themlves and live in a rational manner. At last, both American Puritanism and Chine Confucianism are part of world cultural heritage.
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