1. Chapter 4 Section 4 Notes

3. I. Philosophy and Social Order in China

4. A. China’s most influential scholar was Confucius born in 551 B.C.

5. Confucius

6. 1. Believed in social order, harmony and good government

7. 2. Five Basic Relationships

8. a. Ruler and subject b. Father and son c. Husband and wife d.Older brother and younger brother e. Friend and friend

9. 3. A code of conduct regulated each of these relationships

10. 4. Filial piety respect for ones elders and parents

11. 5. His writings are recorded in a book called the Analects

12. 6. Believed strongly in a strong government with trained government officials called bureaucrats

13. II. Daoism

14. A. Daoism created by Laozi who lived in the 6 th century

15. Laozi

16. B. Natural order was important

17. C. His book Dao De Shing ( The Way of Virtue )

18. 1. Search for knowledge and understanding of Nature

19. III. Qin dynasty

20. A. Defeated the Zhou

21. B. The leader of the Qin, Shi Huangdi starts the Great Wall of China and starts the philosophy of Legalism

22. LEGALISM basically postulates that humans are evil and need to be controlled using laws in order to prevent chaos

23. 1. Over 1400 Miles long

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