Chinese Mandarin : Registered on : 2008-08-31 Language : None Posts : 148 Responses : 113 Comments : 0 |
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2009-07-30 / 11:03PM | | Benny I found something about ‘Benevolence’ after doing some research.
Here is it:
Ren, or benevolence, is a moral category with infinite meanings in ancient China. It originally refers to endearment among people. Confucius regards “Ren” as the ultimate moral principle, standard and level. One shall fulfill his obligations in the society, the spirit of which is to love others, or “Ren”; one must be kindhearted towards others so as to fulfill his social responsibilities.
The connotation of “Ren” manifests itself in the connected human feelings and interrelated sufferings between human beings as well as between substances and spirit, that is, the general sympathy and sense of justice in society. The foundation of “Ren” is filial piety, which requires one person to love his parents, brothers and the whole family, and then put himself in the place of another to love extensively the others.
The “Ren” advocated by Confucius was especially aimed at officials and men of honor. He required the integration of morality, talent, salary and status and the complementary functions of virtue and wisdom as well as internal benevolence and external beauty, thus promoting the happiness of ordinary people and social stability.
Confucius regarded benevolence as the most important character of human beings, and that it dwelled in the nature of everybody and could be reached by anyone who devoted himself to it. | |
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Chinese Mandarin :Registered on : 2008-08-31 Language : None Posts : 148 Responses : 113 Comments : 0 |
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2009-07-30 / 11:06PM | | Is what they mean by Benevolence? What about other characteristics, I cannot find very clear results on the internet. Can you help me explain the other characteristics of Chinese culture please? | |
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2009-07-30 / 11:44PM | | Hi Lee Kong, I also not so sure about the others. All I know is they are part of the Confucianism. Each character stands for one certain virtue as an individual. This is a very ancient theory, I need to check some background information for Chinese culture.
Benny
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Chinese Mandarin :Registered on : 2008-08-31 Language : None Posts : 148 Responses : 113 Comments : 0 |
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2009-07-31 / 12:08AM | | To : Benny the Mandarin Teacher
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Hi Lee Kong, I also not so sure about the others. All I know is they are part of the Confucianism. Each character stands for one certain virtue as an individual. This is a very ancient theory, I need to check some background information for Chinese culture.
Benny That’s good, please do let me know as soon as you find about them, I will also continue my research. This maybe an ancient theory, but the values of Confucious are very important even today. Japanese and Koreans have adopted these values, whereas Taiwan lost these values completely. But they also have finally realized the importance of Confucianism. But what about Mainland China? How important these values are in your country? How far and deep have they penetrated in your culture? Maybe you could write a blog on this, it would be very interesting. | |
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Chinese Mandarin :Registered on : 2008-08-31 Language : None Posts : 148 Responses : 113 Comments : 0 |
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2009-07-31 / 12:15AM | | To : Benny the Mandarin Teacher
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Hi Lee Kong, I also not so sure about the others. All I know is they are part of the Confucianism. Each character stands for one certain virtue as an individual. This is a very ancient theory, I need to check some background information for Chinese culture.
Benny The characteristic I’m most interested is 寂 (loneliness), the others are quite self explanatory as virtues of an individual, but how could 寂 be a virtue. | |
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2009-07-31 / 09:44AM | | That’s good, please do let me know as soon as you find about them, I will also continue my research. This maybe an ancient theory, but the values of Confucious are very important even today. Japanese and Koreans have adopted these values, whereas Taiwan lost these values completely. But they also… I think those values area definitely penetrated in every aspect of Chinese people’s life. Not everyone can explain it clearly, but we can all feel it.
Benny
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2009-07-31 / 09:47AM | | The characteristic I’m most interested is 寂 (loneliness), the others are quite self explanatory as virtues of an individual, but how could 寂 be a virtue. This is also part of the theory from Buddhism, it believes that to become a master in your life or fully understand some philosophy, one need to endure the pain of loneliness.
That what I understand.
Benny
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2009-08-03 / 02:59AM | | Lee Kong!
Where’s your profile pic?
Would be great if you can add anything as you are one of our avid and most loyal user!
Cheers!
Robert
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