Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Although I did not fully understand these primary sources and I am still a little confused, after reading them over multiply times I think I have a little bit of an understanding. Confucianism is much like Buddhism and Hinduism, being a healthy cross between both religions. While Hinduism puts a large emphasis on the community aspect of life so does Daoism but at the same time Confucianism also expects a lot of the individual along the lines of Buddhism.  One of the major differences is that Confucianism does not really stress any idea of reincarnation unlike Buddhism and Hinduism.  

Confucianism is also similar to Taoism in some ways, sharing some of the same beliefs. Taoism focuses on the idea of nature being a key role in everyone’s life, Confucianism takes more of an opposite approach and focuses on the political and social side of life.  All four religions or beliefs systems really overlap each other in many ways while at the same time are able to have different beliefs as well; giving people a mixture of everything one could want.

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