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The rituals, rules, and institutions of the Zhou dynasty were derived from the Xia and Shang dynasties, and were the ideal system in the minds of Confucians. Poetry, calligraphy, rituals and music were central to the education of the royal officials of the Zhou dynasty, and were also known as the four teachings of the ancient times.
In 2003, the Confucian intellectual Kang Xiaoguang published a manifesto in which he made four suggestions: Confucian education should enter official education at any level, from elementary to high school; the state should establish Confucianism as the state religion by law; Confucian religion should enter the daily life of ordinary people ...
The Way of the Gods according to the Confucian Tradition (Chinese: 儒宗神教 Rúzōng Shénjiào), also called the Luandao (鸾道 "Phoenix Way" or 鸾门 Luánmén, "Phoenix Gate") [1] or Luanism (鸾教 Luánjiào) [2] or—from the name of its cell congregations—the phoenix halls or phoenix churches (鸾堂 luántáng), is a Confucian congregational religious movement of the Chinese ...
The rituals and practices of li are dynamic [clarification needed] in nature. Li practices have been revised and evaluated throughout time to reflect emerging views and beliefs. [ 9 ] [ 4 ] Although these practices may change, which happens very slowly over time, the fundamental ideals remain at the core of li , which largely relate to social ...
The Book of Rites, along with the Rites of Zhou (Zhōulǐ) and the Book of Etiquette and Rites (Yílǐ), which are together known as the "Three Li (Sānlǐ)," constitute the ritual section of the Five Classics which lay at the core of the traditional Confucian canon (each of the "five" classics is a group of works rather than a single text).
Confucian ritual religion (s 礼教, t 禮教 Lǐjiào, "rites' transmission", also called 名教 Míngjiào, the "names' transmission"), or the Confucian civil religion, [1] defines the civil religion of China.
Mencius emphasized the innate goodness of human nature, while Xunzi took a more pragmatic view, asserting that human nature is inherently selfish and must be shaped through education and ritual. Confucianism rose to the position of an official orthodoxy during the Han dynasty (206 B.C.
The Three Books of Rites or Three Ritual Classics (simplified Chinese: 三礼; traditional Chinese: 三禮; pinyin: Sānlǐ), is a collective name for three Confucian books the Etiquette and Ceremonial, the Rites of Zhou, and the Book of Rites. [1] The name was coined by Zheng Xuan in the Eastern Han. [2]