CONFUCIUS
He asks how learning, relationships, and situational judgment can keep a person from being confined to a single function.
551–479 BCEConfucianismChina
Other names and spellings
공자 · 공구 · Kongzi · Kong Qiu · Master Kong
Core ideas
JUNZILEARNINGROLERELATIONSHIPRITUAL
Works & sources
Analects
CONFUCIUS, a first reading
Confucius connected learning and everyday relationships with the cultivation of oneself and community.
Humaneness and ritual: what does it mean?
Humaneness concerns how we relate to others; ritual gives that concern practiced expression within relationships. Reducing ritual to outward form misses the connection between character and conduct.
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