Chinese philosophies and Canadian Prime Minister

The three teachings what are the forces that shaped Chinese society? How to china view itself and others

in the ancient world to better understand. what you see in china it's useful to know about the country's

three historic schools of thought Confucianism Taoism and Legalism these three teachings are the

bedrock of China's ancient culture and together explain much about what you'll see in that country.

one way to remember the difference between these three teachings is that Confucianism is mainly

concerned with political ideas in social harmony Taoism is mainly concerned about the health of the

human body and Legalism is primarily concerned about psychology and the nature of the mind although

this oversimplifies these three philosophies it does provide a good starting point each of these teachings

also emphasized the opposite of its main focus by this I mean that Confucianism promoted social

harmony by teaching about self cultivation Taoism taught about health by emphasizing harmony with the

natural environment and this focus on following rules and laws and there were strict laws that were used

to control people so he's tended to be harsh laws and you had to follow all of these laws.

Being a Canadian prime minister I believe the Confucianism philosophy should be adopted. Because it

covers and deals with every aspect of life in a moderate manner. For good governance the Confucianism

philosophy says: Good government consists in the ruler being a ruler the minister being a minister the

father being a father and the son being a son. So this means everybody has a role in society and if you

follow that role social harmony will prevail so all that chaos is going on in country will go away if

everybody just follows their role that they have in society and respect for elders and reverence for

ancestors is a huge part of Confucianism the older you are the more respect you should have and there's

ancestor veneration as well having respect for ancestors that came before you. So being the Canadians

prime minister I will create a culture and develop a system that will implement these rules in the society.
so other key aspects include Ren which is kindness and benevolence and this is needed in government

officials Lee is treating others kindly and filial piety as well which means that family members give

deference or kind of defer to the male head the family filial piety is such an important concept it's about

these relationships and the son is below the father and you should respect your elders especially male

elders right the family. Being a Canadian prime minister Confucianism provides me the tools and

guidance to build the best social and educational reforms as Confucianism was concerned with society

and social relations thus Confucius's idea of the way emphasized social harmony. he prescribed that

everyone must assume their rightful place in society according to their ability. Confucianism recognized

that ability cuts across social divisions and classes this led to the development of an examination system.

where theoretically anyone with great ability could obtain a high position in government these

examinations were a regular event those who scored the highest were received by the Emperor himself.

Then like now some exam takers hired others to take the exam for them this old drawing shows the

punishment meted out to some of these cheaters. Confucianism relegated women to secondary status

and was a feudal system but its emphasis on self-improvement and advancement through education

and scholarship was for its age a progressive trend. Confucius emphasized hierarchy and rank and this

has had a great influence in East Asia down to modern times one aspect of this outlook is that the

elderly are highly respected due to their experience. The other two philosophies are also helpful to build

a strong nation. Like Daoism it’s less of a focus on government and worldly Affairs but more on nature

so it's kind of an individual experience and not really worrying about government structure. And it really

advocates living a simple life. Being the Canadian prime minister I will see the legal aspect of Chinese

philosophy like in legalism one is very unlike Confucianism and Daoism and this focus on following

rules and laws. And there were strict laws that were used to control people so he's tended to be harsh laws

and you had to follow all of these laws. And if you don't there would be consequences for that this is a

pessimistic view of humanity and farmers and soldiers were professions that legalism preferred because

these jobs were central to survival for people.