Confucianism
Confucius, Mencius, Xunzi · c. 500 BCE
Social harmony through filial piety, ritual propriety and the moral cultivation of a person inside the relationships they actually have.
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The Silver Rule
Week 5 · Treating people well · School: Confucianism · Read it and try its questions now
Confucius gives a test you can run before you act.
The Weather of the People
Week 10 · Character and friendship · School: Confucianism · Read it and try its questions now
Confucius compared a ruler’s character to the wind, and the people to the grass.
The Published Standard
Week 21 · Governing well · School: Legalism · Read it and try its questions now
Han Fei did not share Confucius’s hope that a court could be made good by example.