Religion First theme: personality and character Confucius: students are very idealeastic, perfect themselves and take

it to different leaders. His love of learning: everthing you want to do should be morally right but that take a lifetime commitment to Dao : there are bad behavior and good behavior. Confucius created the idea of a being a gentlemen( of the noblemen/ Juja) its something you become. Confucius as a teacher: the young are to be respected When it comes to acquiring perfect virtue(jen) a should not defer even to his own teacher Eventually we have to grow up and make something of ourselves. If we havent achieved anything than we arent worthy of respect. learning without thinking is labor lost; thinking without learning is perilous thinking without learning and just think on action the that when thing get perilous Yen Hui : some profound transformation occurs along with the deep commitment that comes into Daoism His sense of Mission/Heaven Conficius said were any prince to employ me, evenWhy do you say, sir, that no one knows you?.Confucius said I make no complaint against Heave With passing king, some king like the daoist while other dislike them and think their strange and idealist and may tell them get out of here. War was going to break and confucious say heaven is not going to destroy this culture, what can the men of Kuang do to me When Yen Hui died he say heaven is not going to destroy me Yen Hui was Confucius greates disciple, he was like a mini me of Confucius. Humanity, love, benevolence, etc. Different translation from the Analects of when Yen Hui died: describes how devastate Confucius is from his disciples death. when Yen Hui died, the disciples wanted to give him a lavish burial. Hui treated me life a father. And now Ive failed to treat him like a son. But is wasnt my doing it was yours Confucius is upset of the extravagant funeral thrown by Confucius other disciple since they believe since Confucius is mourning extravagantly they should throw an extravagant funeral. Confucius believes this is a disappointment and disrespect to Yen Hui. Something smaller and less extravagant would have been closer tied to humanity. Despite this his disciples dont get it and feel ashamed of Confucius for his extravagant behaviors. Tzu Kung asked: is there any one word that can serve as a principle for the conduct of life? Confucius said don not do to others what you would not want others to do to you Confucius said it is the man that can make the Way(Dao) great, not the Way(Dao) that can make man great If you walk the dao it will deepen your sense of humanity and your sense of ritual, Confucianism its about being yourself and humanistic