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THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS - FULL AudioBook | Greatest Audio Books - Confucianism is an ethical and philosophical system developed from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius (孔夫子 Kǒng Fūzǐ, or K'ung-fu-tzu, lit. "Master Kong", 551--479 BC). Confucianism originated as an "ethical-sociopolitical teaching" during the Spring and Autumn Period, but later developed metaphysical and cosmological elements in the Han Dynasty. Following the abandonment of Legalism in China after the Qin Dynasty, Confucianism became the official state ideology of the Han. The disintegration of the Han in the second century C.E. opened the way for the spiritual and otherworldly doctrines of Buddhism and Daoism to dominate intellectual life and to become the ruling doctrines during the Tang dynasty. In the late Tang, Confucianism absorbed many of these challenging aspects and was reformulated Neo-Confucianism. This reinvigorated form was adopted as the basis of the imperial exams and the core philosophy of the scholar official class in the Song dynasty. Neo-Confucianism turned into sometimes rigid orthodoxy over the following centuries. In popular practice, however, the three doctrines of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism were often melded together. The abolition of the examination system in 1905 marked the end of official Confucianism. The New Culture intellectuals of the early twentieth century blamed Confucianism for China's weaknesses. They searched for imported doctrines to replace it, such as the "Three Principles of the People" with the establishment of the Republic of China, and then Communism under the People's Republic of China. In the late twentieth century, Confucianism was credited with the rise of the East Asian economy and revived both in the People's Republic and abroad. The core of Confucianism is humanism, or what the philosopher Herbert Fingarette calls "the secular as sacred." The focus of spiritual concern is this world and the family, not the gods and not the afterlife. Confucianism broadly speaking does not exalt faithfulness to divine will or higher law. This stance rests on the belief that human beings are teachable, improvable and perfectible through personal and communal endeavor especially self-cultivation and self-creation. Confucian thought focuses on the cultivation of virtue and maintenance of ethics, the most basic of which are ren, yi, and li. Ren is an obligation of altruism and humaneness for other individuals within a community, yi is the upholding of righteousness and the moral disposition to do good, and li is a system of norms and propriety that determines how a person should properly act within a community. Confucianism holds that one should give up one's life, if necessary, either passively or actively, for the sake of upholding the cardinal moral values of ren and yi. Cultures and countries strongly influenced by Confucianism include mainland China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Vietnam, as well as various territories settled predominantly by Chinese people, such as Singapore. Although Confucian ideas prevail in these areas, few people identify themselves as Confucian, and instead see Confucian ethics as a complementary guideline for other ideologies and beliefs, including democracy, Marxism, capitalism, Christianity, Islam and Buddhism. (Summary adapted from wikipedia .org) ►For FREE SPECIAL AUDIOBOOK OFFERS & MORE: http://www.GreatestAudioBooks.com/ ►SUBSCRIBE to Greatest Audio Books: http://www.youtube.com/GreatestAudioBooks ►Become a FRIEND: http://www.Facebook.com/GreatestAudioBooks ►BUY T-SHIRTS & MORE: http://bit.ly/1akteBP ►Visit our WEBSITE: http://www.GreatestAudioBooks.com/ - READ along by clicking (CC) for Closed Caption Transcript! - LISTEN to the entire audiobook for free! Chapter listing and length: Introductory Note -- 00:03:43 Book 01 -- 00:05:26 Book 02 -- 00:07:06 Book 03 -- 00:09:58 Book 04 -- 00:05:25 Book 05 -- 00:07:58 Book 06 -- 00:09:39 Book 07 -- 00:12:19 Book 08 -- 00:08:34 Book 09 -- 00:11:04 Book 10 -- 00:08:07 Book 11 -- 00:10:27 Book 12 -- 00:10:12 Book 13 -- 00:08:33 Book 14 -- 00:15:27 Book 15 -- 00:11:11 Book 16 -- 00:11:23 Book 17 -- 00:12:39 Book 18 -- 00:08:43 Book 19 -- 00:09:16 Book 20 -- 00:04:45 #confucius #audiobook #audiobooks #greatestaudiobooks #easternphilosophy Total running time: 3:11:55 This video: Copyright 2013. Greatest Audio Books. All Rights Reserved. This is a Librivox recording. All Librivox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer visit librivox.org.
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Confucius was not an enlightened master., He was a man of knowledge and not a man of wisdom . He was more of a behaviorist. La O Tsu was a master , an enlightened master. There is a difference.
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Confucius was not an enlightened master., He was a man of knowledge and not a man of wisdom . He was more of a behaviorist. La O Tsu was a master , an enlightened master. There is a difference.
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besides the obvious with the audio, anyone notice the picture of a cockeyed Confucius?
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Holy fuck! The advert on Islam that just came in really hits the nail on the head! Brilliant! Oh and the audios good to ;)
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I don't want to know about Librivox every 10 minutes
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the lady can barely speak english whos the asshole that gave her a mic
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I'm as interested in the people that listen and try to put into practice things like this as the sage who wrote it :) This is awesome thanks for the reading and putting this in the public
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Urgh. Not only is the voice annoying and depressing, the constant libravox interruptions are beyond annoying.
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VERY POWERFUL WISDOM HERE; DEFINIITELY WORTH THE STUDY TIME REQUIRED. THE RESULTS FROM THIS KNOWLEDGE IS PLEASING, FUN, AND OFTEN OVERWHELMING IN THE MOST WHOLESOME OF WEIGHS. THINGS WILL COME TOGETHER FOR YOU!
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horrible speaker ,,,can't listen to this
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Must admit that I like Laotzu better....More lively.....
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Sounds like a Filipino accent.
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Awful speaker--horrible! Can't tolerate but a few seconds--are you idiots?
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This is amazing with hard work! Thank you all for making this classic literary works for free! This helps us to appreciate Chinese literature and culture at the comfort of our fingertips.
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Lady do us all a favor take your talents elsewhere I can't understand a word you're saying
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is learning and practicing not...?
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Don't panic people, the whole book isn't read by the 2nd speaker. A smoother vocal begins in Book 2 at 9:10.
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you should not be reading audiobooks with a voice like that
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Thank u I love wise smart men' useful wise men warriors of truth are hard, very, very hard to find one must dive deep icy oceans to find them'
USELESS LIARS CON CHEATERS LAZY BUMS ARE JUST RIGHT THERE IN THE SURFACE goofing around doing nothing useful'
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