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Old 06-06-2009, 06:34 AM
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Default Do you believe that Confucianism should also be used or adopted in Western education?

There are reports recently that the U.K. is leading in Confucianism into the education system because of its unique and leads student to success. The report also the that the Asian four dragon's success (Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore) is also diverted from the domination of Confucianism in their history. So do you think that the Chinese government should promote the country by using the respectful Confucianism? Don't give me the nonsense about commies and other human right because that has nothing to do about Confucianism. If the growing power of Europe in the 1600s that lead to the European countries sending missionaries to China to promote Christianity, do you think that China should promote Confucianism to improve the Westerners' view about China?
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Old 06-07-2009, 06:34 AM
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actually, there are already Confucianism schools in Russia,cuba,some other south America countries. I consider that Confucianism only is a branch of Chinese culture.

last night, i watched a TV program about Chinese characters. it said that the reason that Chinese civilization could last for such a long time was because of unique Chinese characters.
Chinese character was a kind of hieroglyphic.
It can get rid of shortcoming of diverse dialects.
SO Japanese use it,pronounce it differently,but the meaning is same.SO all areas using Chinese character have a same source,similar culture,correlative history.
instead,europe is divided to many nations.
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Old 06-09-2009, 06:34 AM
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Many Chinese themselves do not apply Confucianism. I think it should start in mainland. these mainlands have all but lost majority of Chinese culture compared to Chinese overseas like Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, even Indonesia.
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Old 06-13-2009, 06:34 AM
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Confucianism is a good idea, and anything good should be adopted. That's all I can say.
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Old 06-15-2009, 06:34 AM
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Confucianism itself of course is a great thing. Most Chinese don't apply Confucianism to their lives though. I studied in Hong Kong and the curriculum forces us to study Confucianism in Chinese culture lessons. Confucianism is like a perfect world. People are friendly and respects each other. The world can be peaceful if everyone follows Confucianism. But when people apply Confucianism values extremely, it can cause a lot of problems. Obviously some is happening in China. And it assumes that everyone is born to be a good man. But someones just plain evil. If you use Confucianism in laws, those people will never change and will just continue harming the world. So Confucianism is just an illusion. A world that will never exists.
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Old 06-20-2009, 06:34 AM
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"reports recently that the U.K. is leading in Confucianism into the education" --- may i have a link on that report, please?... kinda city/ region, the educational establishment?...

if you are talking about Confucius University, those clubs for Chinese learners all over the world -- that's not about Kong-Zia only, that's about culture and language in general, language schools and exam centers, just like British Council...

is it OK that Hong Kong's success was established by British smugglers and geography location, that Taiwan's success is based on small population and foreign investments, that South Korea is another country at all with Korean culture and foreign investments again while Singapore always was an international port just like HK and Confucianism played absolutely no role in every of these four locations' development?

as far as China is a communist country, you were absolutely right to write a phrase "that has nothing to do about Confucianism"... yes, really nothing... ancient principles don't work well in modern world, thus it's only "oriental geeks", charmed by calligraphy and Deng-shui who pay much attention to it...

as it's clear, modern world doesn't play with "missionaries" any more...
media works better...
Hollywood is a wonderful example of who sends what where and why...
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