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Confucian Five Human Relationships?

April 26, 2017Confucian Human Relationships

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Confucius had discovered the Five Human Relationships to build human personality for the peaceful world. (Man becomes only among men) A. Basic Form: Spider’s networks from the individuals, family and state to the Universe. 1. parents-children : inward 2. husband-wife : inward 3. elder-younger (brothers and sisters) : outward-inward 4. friend-friend : outward 5. ruler-subjects (the government-the people) : outward B. Five Constants which operate the five human relationships. 1. ren (love) 2. yi (duty) 3. li (human behavior, ethics) 4. zhi (knowledge and wisdom) 5. xin (faith, trust) C. Orientations: inward orientation (toward family) and outward orientation (toward the outside world) D. Bond: homogeneous bond and heterogeneous bond.