CHINESE PHILOSOPHIES

BUDDISM

FOUNDER/ORIGINS

• Began in India
• Siddhartha  Gautama is the founder
•  developed compassion  for  all  and  sought  ways  to  eliminate  these  hardship

PRINCIPLES/BELIEFS

• Buddhism  does  teach  the  concept  of  reincarnation
• Buddhism  does  not  hold  to  a  belief  in  a  deity

Diffusion

• Spread  to  Southeast  Asia  and  to  East  Asia
• It  is  a  religion  that  actively seeks  to  convert  others
• It  was  never  widely  accepted  in  India  where  much  of  Buddhist  teaching

CONFUCIANISM

FOUNDERS/ORIGINS

• Kung  Fu-Tzu  (Confucius)
• It  is  a  religion  that  actively seeks  to  convert  others

PRINCIPLES/BELIEFS

•  goals:  harmony,  peace  and happiness  on  earth
• the  Five  Relationships
• character  of individuals: society,  and  government

DIFFUSION

• Spread  after  the  death  of  Confucius , they  obtained  positions  in government.  
• Benevolence  in  rulers  and  loyalty  of  ministers  and  subjects
• formed  the  basis  for  the  civil  service  exam  in  China
• spread  to  Korea  and  Japan
• became  the  foundation  of  Chinese  education

TAOISM

FOUNDER/ORIGINS

• one  basic  teaching
• spread  of  Confucianism  and  Buddhism
• Lao-Tse  
• demonstrates  the  way  humans  should  live
• Grew  from  ancient  Chinese  philosophies

PRINCIPLES/BELIEFS

• associated with  Taoism  the  Yin/Yang
• the  Three  Jewels: compassion, moderation, and  humility

DIFFUSION

• Taoism  spread  primarily  to  the  areas  immediately  surrounding  China
• most  notably Buddhism  and  Shintoism