1. The Wisdom of Confucius 智慧孔子

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Confucius and His Conception of Ren

1.3 From Behavior Cultivation to Social Order

1.4 Confucian Thought on Li

1.5 Seminar

老师课堂交流区：Question 1 for Unit 1老师参与

Dear all, 大家学习了第一单元，对孔子的核心思想有了进一步的了解：

What is li in English? What is the function of li in social and political order? What do you think of  the role of li in modern society?

1：li can Regulating the Relations among Social Strata and Harmonize the relationship between the government and the people

2：Li is important for the social development, if Li was losed that development will out of order.

老师课堂交流区：Question 2 for Unit 1

Dear all,Can you explain the relationship between behaviour or personal cultivation of a family and social and political order of a country?

1：It does effections together

2：Basically, if the caregivers can educate their children in some good ways, the children are more likely to behave well at school, in the workplace, etc. Thus, there are some positive correlations between behavior or personal cultivation of a family and social and political order of a country. As we all know, a parent is the first teacher of a child. So what children learn from their family members matters a lot!

Question 3 for Unit 1：Dear 同学：请就下面的问题发表高见。

Why does Confucius consider that filial peity is the most important thing for ren?

1：parents are our  dearest  relatives,so the  first to love  our parents and  then learning to  love  others.

2：Filial peity is the fudamental and basic of  ren,if a person don't love their parents ,they would not love other people either,as a consequence,it can be a universal love.

Unit 1 Quiz

1单选(1分)Li refers to all of the following EXCEPT ___C_____.

A.norms of social life B.rites C.law D.good manners

2单选(1分)According to Confucius, _____D______ would be considered to be filial.

A.to provide enough food to parents

B.to let parents travel around the world

C.to give parents a lot of money

D.to provide parents with enough food and show respect to them as well

3单选(1分)For Confucius ren means all of the following EXCEPT____C____.

A.humanity B.benevolence   C.law D.goodness

4判断(1分)According to Confucius, the greatest love for people is love for social harmony and political order. WRONG.