Pretest 7.3.3

Questions

1. What is the system of Confucianism?
2. Who was Confucius?
3. When did Confucianism begin to gain strength?
4. What was Confusions philosophy?
5. What did he also stress?
6. What did Confucianism start out as?
7. What did the Neo-Confucianists study?
8. Who was the most famous Neo- Confusion?
9. Who did the Confucianism influence?

Answers

1. Ethics and Morals based on the teachings of Confucius.
2. He was a great Chinese teacher and philosopher.
3. When Buddhism started to lose followers those followers then went to Confucianism.
4. His philosophy was designed to restore peace and to make China stable.
5. He stressed the importance of moral virtue.
6. It started off as practical philosophy.
7. They studied the classic writings of Confucius.
8. Zhu Xi
9. It was a great influence on China and the Song dynasty.