The Implications of Confucianism on Contemporary SoTL (Scholarship, Teaching, Learning in Education)

The Implications of Confucianism on Contemporary SoTL (Scholarship, Teaching, Learning in Education)

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foreign [Music] great to see you again today I will talk about a topic that is related to Confucianism the title of the talk is what are the implications of Confucianism on Modern sotel scholarship teaching and learning in reflecting on the topic I break it down into these four questions and we'll walk through them individually one what are the purposes of sotel core value and objective of total too what is scholarship enactment and application of total three what are teaching and learning method and methodology of social for what are the implications regarding so till in contemporary education so question one first what is the purpose of sotyl its values end Ames before diving into the discussion I have a few summary notes for the meaning of so till I use the consensus that sotel is a specific type of education it tends to focus on post-secondary education it is the scholarship of teaching and learning it involves a systematic study of teaching and or learning and the public sharing and review of such work Kathleen McKinney 2004. I will discuss some of the core elements later some summaries about Confucius first Confucius or kongsa original name kongchu literary name jungmi born 551 died 479 BCE he is China's most famous teacher educator philosopher and political theorist the Paragon of the Chinese Sage whose ideas have profoundly influenced the civilizations of China and other East Asian countries contemporaneously Cyrus II the great established the first Persian Empire Siddhartha Gautama founded Buddhism Socrates was born 52. years later 120 years later Plato was born 500 years before Christ like Jesus and Socrates Confucius did not compose any monograph he might edit some of his work but the aphorisms and dialogues with students were compiled by his disciples and published posthumously as the analects lanyu later on the analects mencius and two other Confucian Classics were canonized as the four books for study in National exam which are the equivalent of the four gospels about Jesus his ideas were further developed by many other brilliant Scholars and politicians throughout Chinese history started teaching after 30 years old he had over 3000 students in his lifetime about 70 of whom were considered outstanding they formed the intellectual Community Confucianism is a moral philosophy concerned with inner virtue moral character self-cultivating and love renism in human relationships and Ren governance in founding Confucianism confucius's ideology was deeply embedded into the Chinese cultural system the DNA of the Chinese had a Monumental impact on the life social structure and political philosophy of China Confucianism was established as a state philosophy in Han Dynasty 206 to 20 BCE and consequently the social and political fiber of the country and many East Asians countries following the period of Reform and opening up after 1978 in China Confucianism experienced a Revival in mainland China Confucius was born in the state lieu near the end of the spring and Autumn period 770 to 481 BCE of China a regional state of Eastern China in what is now Central and Southwestern Shandong Province now his birthplace is a UNESCO world heritage site attracting visitors worldwide in Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 2 Moses declares how to keep God's word intact and the importance of the Bible and what you shall not add to the word which I am commanding you nor take away from it that you may keep the commands of the Lord your God which I command you I quote this because this is rarely the case with human philosophers and the Ebbs and flows of Confucianism of almost a process of distortion Confucius ideas have been constantly added or subtracted in the last 2500 years agile 1910 who translated the analects in 1910 States no great man has suffered more than Confucius from the stupidity the misstatements and the misrepresentations from the lack of sympathy and generosity and in some points from the pure ignorance of his critics to understand what is so great about Confucius I will attempt to clear off the muck that has been coated on him and let him speak for himself I have a question for you is Confucianism considered a religion one of the key misunderstandings about Confucianism is that it is a religion always Confucius superstitious or unatheist although Confucius advocated Civic rituals and propriety these were not aimed at religion but more at etiquette Confucius deeply believed in the Mandate of Heaven but as a humanitarian and renest Confucius knows his limit he did not want to discuss God because his whole life focused on knowing Humanity the original Confucius is the antithesis of superstition or idolatry it is understood as an ethical Guide to Life and living with strong character Confucianism differs from other religions in three aspects one it has no deity but is based instead on rules of conduct 2. it was not established in a way that competes with other religions and three it has no large scale institutional church with priests and ceremonial and the laity reading 1993 there are no Confucian thoughts however as I commented like in Moses time because the human mind is a perpetual Forge of Idols later people started to add content to or misinterpret his ideas Confucius himself is worshiped as a spirit there are temples like places of Confucianism for worshiping but also places where important community and Civic rituals happen but importantly the original teaching of Confucius is the antithesis of superstition idol worship or divination Confucius said ji Liu asked about serving God and the spirits Confucius said while you cannot serve men how can you serve the spirits ji Liu added I venture to ask about death he was answered while you do not know life how can you know about death the analects shianjin 12. in another occasion fancy asked

about wisdom Confucius said do what is dutifully right for the Common People respect the spirits and gods but keep them at a distance this is wisdom fancy asked about Ren Confucius said a person who possesses Ren is first in line to confront difficulties and last in line to collect rewards this is Ren the analects Yong yay 22 Confucius dialogues show that he did not want to discuss God because his whole life focused on knowing Humanity history goes according to its trajectory Confucius did not know God but he solemnly believed in God which he called the Mandate of Heaven tianming he avoided falling prey to Spirit Worship which could be seen as intuitive monotheism this teaching aligns with Deuteronomy chapter 18 verse 10 of the bible let no one be found among you who sacrifices there son or daughter in the fire who practices divination or sorcery interprets Omens engages in witchcraft here we have another variously translated term jinsi Confucius commented a lot about jinsi and aspired to be a ginzy so what exactly is aginzy the typical translation of jinzi Rue is and quat gentleman and quat or and quat superior man noble men scholar and Sauron but Confucius in his own words said and quat aginzi has three fears fear of the Mandate of Heaven fear of men fear of the words of saints the analect jishi 16. he also said and quat agencies way is threefold that I am unqualified Ren without compromise wisdom without doubt and a clear conscience fears no accusation and quote the analects Xi'an Wen 28 and one cannot be a ginzy if he does not know the Mandate of Heaven the analects yaari 20. so according to Confucius jinzi is a person that has these three features fears the Mandate of Heaven he called this Tian minig the Mandate of Heaven has the highest morality love he called this Ren he is also a wise learned person a scholar he called this Rue Confucius believes education which is a way of social is a means of transforming Human Nature and cultivating and quat jinsi in cultivating jinsi Ren and knowledge grow internally summarized by mencius jinzi's growth has five stages Desiring Ren is a good man Ren internalized is a real man enriched with Ren a beautiful man enriched and radiant is a great man great and impelling rent to others is a sage a sage who knows the Mandate of Heaven is a Saint mensius Jinx and chia here we have another pivotal of Confucianism Ren Ren is another variously misunderstood and translated term the typical ones are benevolence kindness perfect virtue humans goodness and human-heartedness but the word Ren is made up of the character for human and the character for two signifying the relationship between people according to Confucius Ren simply means and quat love and quotes in a dialogue with Yankee one of confucius's disciples in answering yanchi's question about what Ren is Confucius said in simple terms love people the analects Yan Yuan 12. Confucius explained that Ren is a human nature family love is the beginning of Ren the book of writes Jung Yong 20. if one can love at home he can extend it broadly to others this belief sheds light on the strong familism tradition in China even under the head on a salt of Rapid urbanization in the modern era emanating from family love Ren is universal and quat the master said and quat a youth filial at home respectful to Elders went away from home he should be Earnest and truthful overflow in love to all and cultivate Ren the analect sewer 6 although much has been said and recorded about confucius's teaching Confucius messages hinge on this one word Ren love as an ancient non-religious Sage the teachings of Confucius about love are closest to Jesus Christ's teaching of Love equally almost words to words Jesus and Confucius bring forth the golden rule of ethics in Matthew 7 12 Jesus says so in everything due to others what you would have them do to you for this sums up the law and the prophets in the analects when zegong asked is there one single word which may serve as a rule of practice for all our life the master said and quat is not reciprocity such a word do unto others as you would have others do unto you end quote the analects Wilding gun 24 also like Paul's discourse of Love In First Corinthians chapter 13.

Confucius claims Ren contains five virtues reverence forgiveness trustworthiness earnestness and kindness XI Zhang asked Confucius about Ren Confucius replied to be able to practice five virtues everywhere under Heaven is Ren and quat reverence forgiveness trustworthiness earnestness and kindness the analects yang06 in Hellenistic culture ariostos Megalo psychos could be a close analog to jinsi he called him the great sold man with the highest virtue for which he is honored he has the qualities like courage generosity Justice truthfulness and wisdom but different from Confucianism he has Pride Aristotle's megalocycia is a mean between the two extremes of vanity and humility variously while Confucius is a beacon of humility Aristotle maintains that the unduly humble person Lacks self-knowledge because he does not think that he is worthy of great things or desires them nor do Plato's philosopher Kings have a love of altruism different from confucius's love classic Greek love ranges from physical and emotional to metaphysics if Jesus is Love God's Redemption coming down from heaven by Grace ancient Greek love is intrinsic egoism in light of the physical emotional metaphysical understanding of Self in the world confucius's love is heaven-bound extrinsic and altruistic and is a step toward understanding Heaven Earth men Harmony so to some up the answer to the first question Confucius believes learning is to become ginsy iea learns wise runnist the value he upheld is Ren love which is not instrumental not extrinsic or egocentric love is internal is the essence of humanity is altruism is to reach the fullness of the Mandate of Heaven as a human being non-religious I believe Confucianism is the closest to Jesus's doctrine of Love Confucianism is basically renism this brings us to the second question in the current understanding scholarship of sotel normally covers teaching and learning and providing opportunities for knowledge accumulation via a community given that the purposes of confucius's Education are transforming human nature and the cultivation of and quat jinzian quat through Ren scholarship is viewed as the enactment and practice of jinsi Confucius believes that jinsi learn is not become excellent in knowledge and virtue in self but too serve others in different human institutions the purposes of self-cultivating are to be reverential to be giving peace to others to be giving peace to all the people even Yao and Shan were still solicitous about this the analects Xi'an Wen 42 the purposes of self-cultivating are to be reverential to be giving peace to others to be giving peace to all the people even Yao and shun were still solicitous about this the analects Xi'an Wen 42 Emperor Yao and Emperor shun were two extraordinary monarchs in neolithic China politics is the best place to transmit and apply the ren principle in jinsi because it reaches the widest audience politics derives from the Greek word polis which means city-state however in Chinese means zhangji meaning upright and straight ji Kang a disciple of Confucius asked The Master about politics Confucius replied politics means uprightness if you lead on the people with uprightness and integrity who will dare not to be upright the analects Yan Yuan 17. Confucius ardently promoted Ren in governance based on his ideas there are five principles of Ren governance I summarized first meritocracy is bolstered by educational equality Confucius did not have the modern language of democracy but because he believed politics should be upright he passionately exhorted jinzi to go to politics to be official he toured around all the states to promote his ideas and seek political opportunities so he could transmit Ren and benefit all people this belief inspired generations of the best Chinese Scholars to enter politics regardless of status power or wealth this brought forth the tradition of meritocracy in China which was made possible by Confucius ideal of equality in education which I will expand on later the one condition he cited is that aginzi who is excellent in learning makes an official the analects jijang 13. unlike modern Western understanding the realm of politics should be where jinsi Roo enacts uprightness xinjiang if the world is diluting moral values generation after generation politics should be the force that turns the tied this belief radically challenges the existing views about modern politics against the modern or Western conception politics in Confucius is a way to maintain solidarity and Harmony it's ultimate tell us is to spread Ren and Achieve Heaven Earth men Harmony this is achieved through Harmony in the lower Cosmos including family community and institutions politics is never a way to separate people ethnicities races and parties are a way to corrupt us to be enemies with each other the problems of the U.S in the political Arena such as money politics identity politics wrangling between political parties political polarization social division racial tension and wealth Gap have long been warned by the father of Western political philosophy the original great ancient Athens thinkers would highly agree while in the modern era the belief that Parthenon was the byword for Democratic Values was an antithesis of the democratic spread of knowledge Socrates objected to democracy intensely he proposed a totalitarian regime as an ideal State led by a well-trained educated and experienced captain in the later parts of the Republic Plato suggests that democracy is one of the later stages in the decline of the ideal state one which is so bad that people ultimately cry out for a dictator to save them from it he believed democracy would lead to tyrants Aristotle for his part listed democracy as the failed version of rule by the multitudes Democracy ruled by the propertied class or even just or more constitutional form of Republican government was the ideal kind of rule by the many in his mind he would have seen Athens as an Ever decaying City moving away from its original democratic Constitution is laid out by Solon the idea that democracy is fundamentally flawed even had sponsors from later more liberal thinkers Voltaire believed that democracy is fundamentally flawed and told Catherine the Great of Russia that almost nothing great has ever been done in the world except by the genius and firmness of a single man combating the prejudices of the multitude what they believe in is education instead of democracy there is one good knowledge and one evil ignorance Thus Spoke the anti-democratic Socrates when the UK size why the Oxbridge graduates or the privileged public school boys are taking over politics and the Ivory Tower of the society is highly exclusive Confucius had head-on confronted on the hereditary and aristocratic power system 2500 years ago confucius's political ideology was further developed by many other brilliant Scholars and politicians throughout subsequent Chinese history in about the 5th Century A.D sui Dynasty 581-618 Imperial examination started and was open to all Learners nor did he have the language of Human Rights but when it is about serving people he believes in the state's role as a guarantor of the people's welfare and the notion of people's centeredness he said politics is uprightness Ellipsis Ellipsis it is to lead the People by example work hard for them tirelessly the unelect zelu one the governances people centered when people are at peace yin and yang are in harmony when Yin and Yang in harmony all things are nurtured when all things are nurtured there will be wonders Wang Chong Lun Heng Shuan Han 57 Confucius believed that the state is the protector of the people the activities that the state performs for the protection and promotion of the economic and social well-being of its citizens are essential to people's happiness and social harmony and order this is now known as social welfare and is promoted to different degrees in many countries across the World although not everyone can do it well Confucius said I have heard some State rulers or heads of families worry about the unequal distribution of wealth instead of resource and population scarcity social instability instead of poverty if wealth is distributed fairly there will be no poverty if Harmony is achieved there will be no resource and population scarcity if people are cared for there will be no unrest it is for this reason that if distant peoples are not won over you must cultivate your culture and morality to attract them once they have come you must make them feel at home you have failed to help your master win over distant peoples into prevent the state from falling apart because of Divisions and unrest instead you are plotting to wage war within the state's borders I am afraid that for the G family the real threat does not come from Jew on you but lies within their palace walls the unelect jishi one Confucius also said when zihua was sent on a mission to the state of Chi Ranchi requested an allowance of grain physihua's mother Confucius said she should receive a measure when ranshu asked for more Confucius said she should receive a double measure ranchu gave her five double measures Confucius said zihua is traveling to CHI with Sleek horses and fine fares I've always heard that a ginzy helps those in need they do not make the rich even richer the analects Yong yay IV Confucius ultimate idea is equality between people still the family is the basis of society the nation before the community and Collective interests people's duties and responsibility to others and personal interest are the key principles that are upheld in China and Eastern Asian countries and support the Contemporary Economic Development nation-building efforts in these countries this statement encapsulates confucius's political beliefs concerning poverty equality wealth creation War and Peace it has great concern for many contemporary issues and problems according to him good government should bring order peace economic prosperity and Harmony Confucius was so profoundly concerned about the welfare of the people oppositely he warns if righteousness is neglected disaffection among the people uprisings and the loss of the Mandate of Heaven tianming contrarily he warned the Mandate of Heaven was the justification of the right to rule also with the corollary right to rebel against a ruler who did not fulfill his duties to the people and thus lose the Mandate of Heaven Confucius analogized the relationship of rulers and the people to water and the boat saying I have heard that princes are like boats people are like water water can carry boats or it can capsize them if the king can realize the danger of this principle then the danger will not come this Parable is becoming a folksy maxim to later generations of rulers the classic confusion ideal concerning people-oriented governance concerning the broad Society with both people and institutions Confucius envisaged and almost out of the world political Realm tianxia dartong cosmopolitanism or Commonwealth Society based on the core value all under Heaven belong to the people tianxia y gong admittedly these are the extension of his renism applying on the most sophisticated Human Institution politics Confucius said when the great way prevailed all under Heaven belonged to the people The Virtuous and able men were chosen for office Fidelity and Harmony were valued thus men did not love only their own parents nor cherish only their own children the elderly lived their last years in content able-bodied adults were suitably employed children were reared with useful skills all the unprivileged the widowers widows orphans the childless the crippled and the ailing all were provided for all men shared their social responsibilities and all women their places to belong to money is thrown away and despised nor it is needed personally labor is despised if it is not from oneself or if it is only for selfish end trickery and Intrigue could not occur in such a society robbery larceny and other crimes all disappeared gates and doors were not locked this was called the Great Unity dartong the book of writes Lee Yen won this is almost a utopian vision of Confucius of the world in which everyone and everything is at peace if one can abandon popular Prejudice it can be found in classical Chinese philosophy which has been invoked many times in the modern history of China in the 1920s Sun yat sen 1866-1925 the Founding Father of the Republic of China who was also a Christian educated at a missionary School in China translated Confucius dianxi gong all under Heaven belong to the people and the great Unity dartong into three pupilism minzu nation of the people minkan write of the people minsheng welfare of the people as such the lyrics to taiwan's national anthem include and quat three people's principle the aim of us to build the Republic to advance into great Unity two decades later his enemy Mao Zay dong had abhorrence of Confucius he called Confucius a rat across a street that had to be finished off yet he coined the slogan and quote Serve the People and quat Wei renmen fuwu as the political motto of the Chinese Communist Party CCP the deep-rooted Confucianism formed the Chinese mentality in Consciousness and subconsciousness Deng Xiaoping understood that Confucianism is based on the fundamental values of Chinese civilization the teachings of Confucius a systematic and capable of many aspects one key Confucius Covenant is that before teaching people and urging them to do something they must first be clothed and fed them his pragmatism is an extension of Confucius social welfarism based on these principles China has for thousands of years refined its social Technologies with which bureaucratic system to smooth out social conflicts and contradictions since she came to power the Chinese governments endorsement of Confucianism has been unprecedentedly strong on November 26 2013 she visited the birthplace of Confucius in Shandong and publicly praised confucius's teachings during his tour he pledged to read confusion texts and praised the continuing value of Chinese traditional culture do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire he said in a speech in 2014 quoting confucius's most famous sayings earlier in the year he extolled the wonders of Ren governance in an address to party cadres with another well-known passage from the analects do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire the analects wyling gun 24 the rule of virtue can be compared to the pole star which commands the homage of the multitude of stars without leaving its place the anelects wijang won so these are the answers to question 2. according to Confucianism

scholarship is the transmission and enactment of jinsi through ISM he eagerly exhorted jinzi to serve the government because to him politics means uprightness if one can abandon popular Prejudice it is easy to see that Confucius Ren governance advocacy has influenced Chinese governance throughout history this includes and quat people centeredness and quat meritocracy attitude to the poor cosmopolitanism and ultimately Harmony of Heaven Earth men studying to become a jinsi and serving in government have been idealized as an aspiration for generations of Chinese Scholars regardless of their birth status or wealth with its Ebbs and flows Confucianism has been in the long history of Chinese culture despite dynasties changing governments altering ideas coming and going and the Ebbs and flows of History Confucianism has always been like the light at the end of the tunnel building on the understanding of Confucius principle in y wherefore application and enactment of sotel it is the third question now regarding the method and methodology of sotyl although Confucius knew nothing about modern scientific subjects or had no modern language concerning paradigms he was a master in autology epistemology and methodology he summarized that many teaching and learning practices are in congruity with what is commonly accepted in sotel I use the Bloom's taxonomy level of learning teaching to framework his main teaching learning tenets which cover all six levels of learning complexity Bloom's highest level of learning is creativity but in my view Confucianism has a higher level of learning which is called silent teaching referring to the ability of Learners to learn the essence of the law of nature through Revelation this level of learning is equivalent to spiritual learning in Christianity or Mystic learning in Judaism Confucius talk to students by stating this Heaven speak the Four Seasons pursue their course and all things are continually being produced but does heaven say anything the analects yango 19 Confucius sotal approaches are mainly Yin Dal Kiefer elicitation and heuristic teaching zunzun shanjin systematic and Progressive Chile pangtong comprehending by analogy Shwayze Bingham inquiry reflection-based learning and practice wengujixon Julie fansen inference and extrapolation boxuay you win erudite and interdisciplinary learning booying XI Jiao teaching without words learn through self-revelation he also advocated yinkai shijiou teaching according to aptitude student-centric teaching learning and learning combined and complementary kiji kitchen self-abnegation and studiousness kejian kitchen thriftiness and deciduous apart from the shared principles Confucianism has two unique values that I'd like to highlight I believe the first one is the principle of Yuji awulay which meaning education is for everyone regardless of class Confucius believed everyone is teachable perfectable and improvable and hasn't equal right to education UGL wule is almost a folksy aphorism that most of the Chinese Educators can recite Confucius fair and equal education to all is the extension of his realism and places him far ahead of his contemporaries Socrates did not think education is for Farmers laborious Artisans merchants or the economic class He suggests that the Guardians be controlled through an education designed to make them lovers of learning like and quote Noble puppies and quotes that a fierce with enemies and gentle with familiars 375 a in confucius's life his students were extremely complex including young and old wise and full studious and Idol rich and poor and some had a previous criminal record most of them were actually born in poverty and only two were born with wealth Confucius set his eyes downward in teaching the poor and disadvantaged he jokingly said and quat anyone who comes to see me with a bow of dried meat I have never precluded them from listening to my teaching the analects sure seven under his educational egalitarianism principle in the western Han Dynasty 206 BC minus 9 A.D most of the founding Ministers of the regime had been unquote from the sackcloth and quat class with humble beginning the concept of choosing bureaucrats by Merit and open to every Learners in the country rather than by Beth started early in Chinese history the Imperial examination system started in Earnest during the sui Dynasty 581-618 then into the Tang Dynasty of 618-907. using Confucius seeking truth from practice we can look at these statistics China's achievement in achieving equal education is greatly underrepresented which can be seen from these simple figures this is the Pisa test result in 2018 in oecd's countries including China and some others Pisa measures 15 year olds ability to use their three subjects reading mathematics and science Knowledge and Skills to meet real-life challenges indeed students in Beijing Shanghai Zhang TSU and jejang China and Singapore outperformed their peers in all the other 78 participating countries in all three subjects by a wide margin and all these that are on the top of the chart are Eastern Asian or Confucian cultured countries even the 10 most disadvantaged students in China showed better reading skills than those of the average student in oecd countries and performed on a par with the 10 most advantaged students in some of them but the pivotal disparity lies in the achievement gaps between Learners of difference social statuses I calculated the percentage difference between the Learners scores in Reading across their parents highest level of educational attainment China has consistently almost the lowest parent education-induced average score Gap this I simplified as representing educational equality idiographic period no oecd countries including the best performed countries such as Finland can compete with China and Confucianism countries in educational equality the Gap in scores between parents who had zero isced education I.E below primary education with those who had tertiary and higher education is remarkably low in Macau only 7.3 percent 12.6 in China lower than the oecd average 25.9 percent and much lower than 37.1

percent in the UK the same Trend applies to those of higher levels of comparison if this is not convincing because of the narrow scope of China's provincial choice and or the discrepancy between countries in socio-economic context these figures show UK students GCSE achievement by ethnic groups across FSM or non-fsm I.E free meal and non-free meal under the same National educational system and social economic conditions congruously the Chinese ethnicity has the smallest score gaps between the rich and the poor both rich and poor Chinese performed higher than the wealthiest groups of other ethnicities the groups with the widest gaps are the Whites the Irish and other white the second the unique Ren relationship between teachers and students via role modeling Warren shibio yeshinzuos Neo confucianist Chia has said Education Without Love is Like a pond without water no water can be a pond no emotion No Love No Education similarly Aristotle has said educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all Confucius students loved him his disciple zigong grave keeping his grave for six years after his death zigong said to someone who had tried to demean Confucius Confucius cannot be reviled the virtue of other men are Helix and mounds which may be stepped over Confucius is the sun or moon which it is not possible to step over the analects XI Jang 24 Confucianism as the guiding principle of education has been the behavioral code for many Chinese Teachers many Chinese Teachers have inherited the lofty mission of Confucian culture Hong 2014 if you have watched the BBC program BBC documentary are our kids tough enough you might have some Clues on how to answer this question and further why Chinese teachers tend to be more committed to helping students Wilkerson El 2020 or they can be more effective than those in Britain Graham 2014 after translating Confucius the analects Gile in 1910 was effortlessly converted as a Confucian disciple his statement encapsulates how great Confucius was and deserves to be called the Paragon of the ancient Sage or a teacher role model for 10 000 Generations one she shibio Confucius was the prince of philosophers the wisest and most consummate of sages the loftiest moralist the most subtle and penetrating intellect that the world had ever seen he was a Statesman a Bard a historian and an antiquary rolled into one his sagacity put the most illustrious of ancient and modern philosophers to shame he was the greatest and noblest representative of the greatest happiest and most highly civilized people on the face of the Earth so now I finished answering the third question needless to say Confucius is a master in education his educational philosophies are systematic and advanced compared to Modern educational theorists and have great relevance to current sotel like he said regarding Ren education equal education education for social welfare border peace and Harmony China's achievement in education speaks the truth from practice I think that gives you a flavor of what the implications are in total for Educators the final question we are in a very cacophonic World bombarded with pollution shooting War virus bankruptcy much of the conventional wisdom does not stand there test of time truth is being wall-lipped in the public Space by outright lies politicians disappoint people around the world one after the other economically not only can we not solve the fundamental poverty issue but divides even hatred grow deeper socially people live for the now and scramble to the top of a ladder that does not exist the role of Education in the teaching of Love altruism and ethical values in modern institutions is estewed by a shift of focus on financial success Career Success and pragmatism true educational equality particularly in tertiary education is a Phantasm even our understanding of China or countries in the global South is limited or misconstrued John Milton hay the Secretary of State for the USA from 1898 to 1905. asserted the world's peace rests with China and whoever understands China holds the key to World politics during the next five centuries how many Educators ask how many problems start from home and in the education system Confucianism cannot be the whole truth but it certainly provides an important prism it is time to remind us of the saying of Confucius dang Ren be you rang when it is about the principles of Ren we should not yield that's the mission he endorses to all Educators and jinsi idiographic period as Scholars and teachers and education institutions We should strive to contribute toward these goals to enact and transmit jinsi Ren in scholarship via role modeling to avoid being too eurocentric in our views and Adder new lens by introducing the views and values of Confucianism in social activities open new windows to students to break barriers and pull down walls in our understanding Dash to improve understanding of true Confucianism and China as Educators we should also shift the focus on self-cultivating based on the principle of jinsi Ren and be able to inspire others thank you for watching I hope you enjoy the content don't forget to click subscribe if you want more information hope to see you soon [Music]

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