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Should I Send My Child to a Confucianism School?

Rachel Tarbox, Staff Writer

 Many people have been asking the question, "Should I enroll my child into a Confucianism school?" The answer to that question is yes. Confucius bases his teachings on emphasizing moral cultivation of individuals, service to the state, and leadership by ethical, educated men. (afe.easia.columbia.edu) His schools are following out these beliefs. During school time this knowledge will be passed down from the teacher to the student.
The parent-child relationship is very important and basic. Confucius himself stresses the values of respect of children for their parents.One thing your child will learn once they begin their studies is how to treat you with respect. In other words they will learn how "Individuals should seek to recapture the patterns of Ritual in their own conduct." (www.indiana.edu/) This will teach your child how to behave properly around yourself and other adults. As the parent of your child, you should be treated with respect from your children. By sending your child to a Confucianism school, it will teach them to do that. One of the first steps that will be followed out is teaching your child how to behave in a perfect obedient manner.
 After your child learns how to treat you correctly, they will discover the key to humanity. This key is very simple, "the mastery of all social roles that the human community needed him or her to play in a lifetime." (www.indiana.edu/) The basic forms of these roles are split into 5 relationships; parent/child, elder/younger, ruler/subordinate, husband/wife, and lastly friend/friend. The patterns of all these relationships can be adapted to all of them. By learning the way to become humane by learning the roles, your child will be helping the world too. They themselves would make the world become one step closer to returning back to order. Once everyone, all together, can comprehend and act out the proper ritual forms for each social role they occupy, the world will return back to order. If you decide not to send your child to a Confucianism school, this will never happen. 

Report on Government

The Zhou Dynasty's government was a feudal system. In the Zhou Dynasty's feudal pyramid there were 3 levels. The emperor, the nobles, the soldiers, and the serfs. The emperor would give a noble some of his land in return for loyalty, and taxes. In order to pay the taxes, the nobles would collect taxes from the serfs that were using the land they were ruling. Some of the taxes would go to the king, and in times of war a percent of taxes were used to pay for soldiers.
This type of government impacted daily life in the Zhou Dynasty. In order to pay taxes the serfs would have to work hard to pay them, and to support their families. For example, the farmers would have to produce enough crops to pay their taxes, and to feed their family. This system of government also effects daily life because if one social group didn't do their job, the system would fall. Also, it became very easy for the nobles to take control, since the emperor did not really know what was going on in each kingdom.
The idea of feudalism survived a very long time, and Ah Xiang said "Zhou's feudal system, in fact, never fully died away,"

Confucius Presumed Dead

Rachel Tarbox, Staff Writer

This is just in, Confucius has died. The cause of death has not been identified. He lived from 551 BCE- 479 BCE. He has a wife, and three children, two daughters and a son. He was raised in the state of Lu, without much money. It is said that it was there where he started to develop a passion for ethical philosophy. As an adult Confucius traveled from state to state sharing his teachings with others. He believed that China needed to strive for more than they were. He thought that China should should do “right” and lead by selfless example. Even though his ideas were shot down by many, others began to be captured by his thinking.

Confucius eventually became a teacher in his home state of Lu. The areas he taught in was ethics, leadership, history, psychology, and the arts. He taught many “disciples”, and helped them achieve government positions. Confucius viewed this as a way to get his teachings spread throughout the dynasty. Before his death he wrote a book, The Analects, which preserved his teachings. The was made in the format of the teacher, Confucius, speaking to his pupils. We have news already that many of his followers have compiled his teachings in the form of dialogue.

A funeral will be held shortly in his hometown, held by his disciples. A mourning period will also be held for him. Wait for next weeks paper for more details on the burial.

Dynatsy Map

http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/chou-dynasty-map.cfm

The map above shows where the Western Chou, also spelled Zhou, Dynasty was located. The dynasty was located near water, which impacted them by making it easier to trade. It gave them the opportunity to trade by sea and experience other cultures. The first capital was Chang'an, located on the right bank of the Wei River. This made it easier to meet threats, and allowed easy entry from the west. The capital was later moved to Loyang, which was located south of the Huang River. It was located above the flood plain. From  there was easy entry to the Huai basin.