The Emperor Yao is considered by some Confucians to be the model ruler and the ancestor of the Han dynasty. |
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Both traditional Confucians and the Communist Party view education as a method for inculcating values in the young. |
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For the Confucians, the principal role of the civil ruler was to provide an impeccable example for others to follow. |
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The idea came from Buddhism rather than Confucianism, but for Confucians it implied no other-worldly quietism. |
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Much to my regret, both the Confucians and the Mohists have neglected to record the exploits of the baseborn knights. |
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A smattering of noodle shops leads into an Asian quarter thick with Buddhists, Shintoists and Confucians. |
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Most Confucians accommodated slavery within a cosmology that stressed natural hierarchy and the dependence of social harmony on unequal statuses. |
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The bureaucratic spirit pertains rather to stuffy Confucians, who foolishly imagine that the way to fulfill human potential is through service in officialdom. |
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Regarded as being in opposition to Confucians, as early as the Eastern Han its full and original meaning would be forgotten. |
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For the Confucians, the Classics provided the preconditions for knowledge. |
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