Complexity and Religions

Respond to the complexity with these faiths (Confucianism) and their complex interaction in China.



      Daoism was a more natural approach to Confucianism in its most simplest form. Instead of the heavy focus on Humans and Ethics that Confucianism drove towards (Five basic virtues) Daoism instead was more sensitive towards the flow of nature. For example, violence was considered the ultimate ignorance of nature. The Daoists also disagreed with the Confucian ritual. They found the ritual to be arrogant and unnatural. Daoists also mistrusted language. They believed that quiet was the key to discovery instead of the disturbance of noise.

      Legalism was heavily focused on laws and punishments. They had a very hard-work with discipline style of thinking that would follow them to the fields of work and on the battlefields. Some of the laws they followed were extremely harsh. The Qin dynasty was heavily Legalist focused and it can be seen as the Qin dynasty was one of the most brutal rules in all of history. People came to the conclusion that it was about creating laws to force people to focus and think instead of allowing them to discover it morally.