what is confucius's theory on zhengming?
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Try the link below for your answer.
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Well, I don’t know much about Master Joe Schaeffer, the head of a school called Shaolin-Do, but I heard he was on Ripley's. I do know a little about Shaolin Martial arts and history, as I have been a student of Martial arts for over 30 years and I have studies Chinese History and culture for nearly 20 years now.  \n\nMy personal opinion is that I do not like a Chinese martial arts school that mixes Japanese terms with Chinese tradition. The information I do know of Master Joe Schaeffer and his Shaolin-Do shoes him wearing Japanese style uniforms and Japanese Black belts.  He also states that he has a 6th degree black belt from a Shaolin Master. I am not saying he is not telling the truth, as I do not know him personally and I do not know his Master, but I do know and Have met actual Shaolin Monks. They do not use Black belts. Also, the term 'Do' is a Japanese word meaning "way" and is often added to the end of a skill or art to indicated it's practice. For instance,  Karate-Do (Empty Hand Way); Kendo (The way of the Sword) or Budo. (The way of war) In Chinese, the word for way is Tao, but it is not used in the same manner. That said, if he has studied Shaolin arts, and he has learned any of the Shaolin healing techniques, then these would fall into the category of Traditional Chinese Medicine.\n\nTraditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) can seam almost miraculous, and almost certainly strange to those unfamiliar with the techniques and philosophies of the arts. Without going into too much detail, TCM believes that balance is the key to health. The principals and theories revolve around Internal Energy (Qi); The five elements (wuxíng: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water) and Yin, Yang (yīnyáng). The techniques commonly used for healing are Tuina (traction, massage and body manipulation); Acupuncture; Moxibustion; Herbology; Acupoint therapy (Acupressure) and Qi Gung. (Controlled breathing patterns with various postures and body movements. Some people call it Chinese yoga.) There's a lot more to it, but these are the basics that most western audiences can relate to.  Anyway, TCM is not a hoax and despite some western criticism, the facts are that generally speaking, the Chinese lead healthier, longer lives then we do in the west.  There must be something to their health care practices, right? \n\nAs for Master Joe Schaeffer, I don’t know what to tell you. I would recommend talking to him and a few of his students and then do a little research on line. You can check out the official Shaolin Temple Overseas Headquarters web page (http://www.shaolin-overseas.org/) if you like or you can read more about Shaolin from numerous other resources including Wikipedia, shaolinwolf.com, shaolin.com, or any number of other sites. After speaking with Master Schaeffer, you could also post more detailed questions here and see what you learn.  \n\nI hope this helps.
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Let me tell you this story from a Chinese Idioms:\n\nMr. Fine (Said of someone who shows approval to everything and tries not to offend anybody for the sake of peace.)\n\nA man named Sima Hui who lived at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was known to have never spoken ill of anybody.  Whatever the others spoke about, he always said that it was fine.  Once he met an acquaintance on the street, the man asked him, "How are you, sir?" He said "fine".  At brokenheartedly told him that his son had died.  He was surprised to hear that Sima Hui said, "That's fine."  After the man had left, Sima's wife rebuked him, saying, "He thought you were a man of virtue and trusted you.  That's why he told you what was on his mind.  Why did you say "It's fine" when he told you that his osn had died?"  After hearing his wife's words, Sima said unhurriedly, "Fine.  What you said is fine."  From then on, Sima Hui become known as Mr. Fine.
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I went to: http://www.humorsphere.com/confucius/quotes.htm\nTimeline for Confucius was 551-479 BC.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_martial_arts should help.
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There's a Socratic idea in philosophy that our soul is immortal and therefore retains all knowledge of previous lives. Thus, the soul is intelligent. \n\nI don't believe Socrates on that though, but I'm just throwing it out there.
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confucius (551-479 BC) or kung-fu-zi was an ethical philosopher that (still) dominates  chinese moral values.\nhis defination of patriotism defines official moral and political doctrine since Han dynasty, until today.\n3 doctrines (or religions, if you consider buddhism & confucianism as religions) dominates chinese moral values until today : confucianism, buddhiam & taoism. these 3 doctrines interwoven each other so tightly, that even many chinese are confused. \nto answer your question, 'NO' is the answer. confucianism is not a religion, although some chinese pray to 'him' for luck in examinations *roll eyes*
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Hello there. Funny you mention this because, as a boy, the first truly inspiring text I read was the Tao Te Ching. I still find myself reading it, at least in part, once a week. This text is so simple yet profound it put me on a path to seek out even more esoteric knowledge. I have also studied the writings of Confucius, the Vedic texts  of India, Buddhism,  Zen, Shinto, Suffic Islam, etc. All in all, the Tao really opened my eyes to a deeper understanding of things. I can read about Quantum Mechanics and sub-atomic physics and find the spiritual parallels within the science. I wish more westerners could be exposed to this. My email is viewable in profile.
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Taoism (what you call "Daoism", though the pronounciation is the same) in its purest form is a philosophy of life.  One of its central ideas is Yin/Yang, the idea that everything in life has an opposite (hot/cold, light/dark, etc).  Another is Wei Wu Wei--literally "doing without doing".  This is the idea that one should flow with life rather than against it.  By so doing, all things are finished seemingly without effort.\n\nBuddhists believe in enlightenment.  Zen is a form of Buddhism which incorporates some ideas from Taoism.  One of its beliefs is that man cannot by logical thinking understand the nature of reality.  Only by giving up your desires and attachment to your beliefs can you reach this understanding, which is enlightenment.\n\nHinduism I know less about, but I read once that although is seems as though Hinduists believe in many gods, really they are all reflections of the one god, like light separating in a prism.\n\nConfucianism I know the least about, but I understand that Confucius was a very logical fellow who set down a large number of rules for how one should live one's life.\n\nThis doesn't do them justice by a long shot, but it's a decent start.  Hope that helps.
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It's a Chinese proverb you're thinking of. You've almost got it right. The correct version is:\n\n"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
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Theory of Knowledge (TOK) is a high school epistemology course taken by all International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme students. The course discusses how the student is able to know something. The student is described as a "knower" who attempts to find knowledge, where knowledge, as defined by Plato, is "justified true belief".\n\nThe course uses the four Ways of Knowing (WOK): perception, emotion, reason, and language. Also used are the following six Areas of Knowledge (AOK), which are put here in the form of a spectrum, the two ends of which are labelled "objective" and "subjective", from left to right respectively: mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, ethics, history, and the arts. Also the course discusses Problems of Knowledge (POK), or limitations of knowledge, concerning the WOK and AOK.\n\nThe course teaches nine reasons for justification of things one claims to know: logic, sensory perception, revelation, faith, memory, consensus, authority, intuition, and self-awareness.\n\nAlso studied are the three known truth tests: coherence, correspondence, and pragmatic.\n\nThese nine justifications and three truth tests are key to the introduction of TOK.\n\nThe course is formulated and centered around one main question: How do you know? One is supposed to use the Ways of Knowing and the Areas of Knowledge to discuss how one acquires, perceives, and applies knowledge and how reliable can it be. Another questions central to the ideas of ToK, relating specifically to the application of knowledge is: 'What is your obligation as a knower?' Questions that may be discussed may include examples such as 'How do you know that the scientific method is a valid method of gaining knowledge?' or 'What is the reason for having historical knowledge, and how is it applied in life?'\n\nAt the completion of the course, students give an internally assessed oral presentation of about 10 minutes and write an essay of 1,200 to 1,600 words that will be assessed externally by the IBO. The presentation follows a topic of the student's choosing while the paper must discuss one of 10 pre-determined topics that are changed each year. In both cases the student is required to provide ample discussion of the POK, AOK, and WOK concerning their topic as well as critical evaluation of their conclusions.\n\nTOK, like Creativity, Action, Service, is a required course for students in the IB Diploma Programme, and a good final score in both TOK and the Extended Essay may help the student receive up to three extra points towards their diploma.\n\nA final grade in TOK is necessary to receive the IB Diploma. A failing grade or lack of a grade in TOK constitutes disqualification of a candidate for an IB Diploma.
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Did you mean TANGRAMS? I found some on that subject\n\nThe invention of the tangram puzzle is unrecorded in history. The earliest known Chinese book is dated 1813 but the puzzle was very old by then. One reason for this could be that in China, its country of origin, at the time it was considered a game for women and children. This would have made it unworthy of "serious" study and unlikely to be written about. Different times, different ways of thinking. Glad that's changing. \n\nThe roots of the word Tangram are also shrouded in time, with a number of possible explanations. The one I like best involves the Tanka people. These river people of China were great traders who were involved in the opium trade. The western sailors they traded opium with likely played with the puzzle when they visited their Tanka girlfriends. The story I believe is that it comes from the obsolete English word "tramgram" meaning puzzle or trinket. You can learn a bit more at the Online Etymology Dictionary A fun place, by the way, if you like words.\n\nTangrams enjoyed a surge of interest during the 19th century in Europe and America. This, no doubt, was due to the opening up of trade with China and the aforementioned sailors bringing home new found amusements. "The Chinese Puzzle" spawned a flood of books and picture card sets. Some quite elaborate Chinese examples exist with pieces carved from and/or inlaid with ivory, jade and other fine materials. Others were cheap, locally made copies in wood or fired clay. Some books blindly reproduced previous mistakes in the patterns. Some things never change.\n\nIn 1903, Sam Loyd wrote his great spoof of tangram history,The Eighth Book Of Tan.He had many people convinced that the game was invented 4000 years ago by the god Tan. According to Loyd, the first 7 Books Of Tan were linked with many famous people and historical events. All very convincing and it made Sam a lot of money. Later examination showed it to be a colossal joke. The book did catalog over 600 patterns, many by Loyd himself. He also introduced (along with H. F. Dudeney) the idea of paradoxes\n\nFu Tsiang Wang and Chuan-chin Hsiung mathematically proved in 1942 the existance of a finite set of patterns referred to as "convex." In this context, it means that there are no indentations along the outside edge. There are only 13 silhouettes that qualify. Other finite sets may exist.\n\nTangrams continue to entertain and frustrate now days. The puzzle attracts people on a number of levels. It's simplicity makes it accessible to a broad spectrum of people. The figures spark visually inclined people though their form, liveliness and striking simplicity. Many of the designs are adaptable to quilting, applique and many other artistic or craft projects. Storytellers can weave a tale with many characters and objects using only the seven tans.\n\nIt interests the math inclined with the geometry and ratios of the pieces. You find them used in classrooms around the world to teach basic math ideas in an interesting way. The Dr. Schaffer & Mr. Stern Dance Ensemble (MathDance) has taken it a step further with a dance using over-sized tangram pieces! They've even been used as the model for a designer table by Massimo Morozzi and an interactive art instalation by Daniele Lago \n\nIt is one of the classic puzzles, appealing to young and old, the serious and the carefree. \n\nThe Rules\nSimple really, which is one of its attractions. The classic rules are as follows: You must use all seven tans, they must lay flat, they must touch and none may overlap. Feel free to break away from the "rules", though. See the donation page for some wonderful "unruly" figures. Attempt the patterns you find here, race with other people to complete a figure or play with the pieces to come up with your own creations.
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The third is Li: proper manner or orderliness  \n\nThe "Five Aspects of Deliberate Tradition" are as follows:\n\nJen: goodness or human-heartedness; it can be understood as the notion that a relationship is not an objective thing but rather a relational event. \nChun Tze: the noble person; the ideal partner or participant in a relationship. \nLi: prior to Confucius' time, the proper manner or orderliness with which sacred ritual acts are carried out; but Confucius adds a second meaning to this: the idea that one's social comportment is just such a ritual act, to the point that the actions and processes of human interaction are more or less choreographed. Human relationship is like a sacred dance. \nTe: power; in this case, power by moral example. Those over whom one has authority or responsibility will learn through his comportment and behavior. \nWen: the arts of peace; a culture should be remembered by its arts, these are what endure, not military aggression or socio-political oppression. More broadly, it can refer to an aesthetic approach to all aspects of human interaction.
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The Eight Principles are one of the basic ways Chinese medicine has to diagnose. It uses the following eight divisions of symptoms:\n\nYin or Yang (yin-yang 陰陽) \nSuperficial or internal (li-biao 表裡) \nCold or hot (han-re 寒熱) \nDeficient or Replete (xu-shi 虛實) \n\nHistorically, eight branches comprised Chinese medicine treatment:\n\nTui na(推拿) Chinese Massage Therapy \nAcupuncture and Moxibustion(針灸) \nChinese herbal medicine(中药) \nChinese food therapy食 疗 \nQigong(氣功) and related breathing and meditation exercise \nT'ai Chi Ch'uan (太極拳) and other Chinese martial arts. \nFeng shui风水 \nChinese astrology
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我的母亲名孙庄，今年四十三岁，是一个科学家。父亲名孙二庄，四十六岁，是一位律师。我的哥哥是郑家庄，他在台湾教书，弟弟二十岁，名叫毛泽中，是个共产主意者。我还有一个妹妹，她名叫李娴庄，她在Samsung工作。而我呢？我今年二十一岁，是日本，韩国及台湾的皇帝。\nThat's the best I can do for you, but I think you are really ridiculous! Oh, and the names, I'm not sure if those are the exact words. Good Luck!\nOh, boy, it seems that you can only see a bit of the translation, I'll try to mail you the rest.
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It came after the Qin, or Ch'in, dynasty, and the emperor banned all the strict legalists from before. When the Han ruled, barbarians rarely threatened the Chinese. These were also the years when Confucius's teachings won widespread influence.\n\nIn the dynasty before, the Confucian scholars were burned or put to death, along with their books, but some memorized the books.\n\nThis is also when the Great Silk Road was.. established,sotosay?
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I couldnt find anything relevant.\nThough you could read some books from the following link on chinese history.\nhttp://www.usc.edu/libraries/archives/arc/libraries/eastasian/china/toqing.html\n\nHave a nice day...\n:)