4. CONFUCIANISM INFLUENCED THE
FAMILY -
Proper Family Relationships
ordered society
Filial Piety - honoring of
ones ancestors and parents
The family was the model for
public life
Gender roles - three
obediences
5. HISTORY AND THE MANDATE OF
HEAVEN
Confucian ideas
of history
established
expectations of
good
government and
good emperors.
6. CONFUCIANISM CREATED A
SECULAR (NON-RELIGIOUS) ELITE
CULTURE
Confucianism’s
emphasis was on
practical “this-world”
concerns.
Though Confucianism
supported family and
state religious rituals .
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