In Eastern philosophy Yīnyáng is the relationship between seemingly opposite forces in the natural world: many natural dualities such as dark and light, health and sickness, night and day, female and male, low and high, cold and hot are thought of as representations of yin and yang, their continuous flowing into each other resulting in the natural [...]
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Confucianism
Posted in Beliefs, History, Religion, tagged Confucianism on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There are 6 million Confucians worldwide today, mostly in China and Asia. The Chinese government recently updated the Confucian Family Tree naming two million people as direct descendents of the ancient Chinese philosopher. Based on the teachings of Confucius six basic values are promoted: Li – etiquette Hsaio – family love Yi – righteousness Xin [...]
