Chinese Humanism.ppt

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1、ChineseHumanismBackgroundInformationAbouttheauthorLinYutangMomentinPekingTheImportanceofLivingMyCountryandMyPeople1stpart:4chapterstheChinesePeopletheChineseCharacter(mellowness,patience,indifference,oldroguery,pacifism,contentment,humor,conservatism)theChineseMin

2、d(intelligence,femininity,lackofscience,logic,intuition,imagination)IdealsofLife(Chinesehumanism,religion,thedoctrineofthegoldenmean,Taoism,Buddhism)2ndpart:women’slife,socialandpoliticallife,literarylife,theartisticlifeandtheartofliving.SomeQuotations…Jesuswasaro

3、manticist,Confuciusarealist;Jesuswasamystic,Confuciusapositivist;Jesuswasahumanitarian,Confuciusahumanist.Aneducatedmanshould,aboveall,beareasonablebeing,whoisalwayscharacterizedbyhiscommonsense,hisloveofmoderationandrestraint,andhishatredofabstracttheoriesandlogi

4、calextremes.TheChineseidealofhappinesswas,…theenjoymentofthissimplerurallife,togetherwiththeharmonyofsocialrelationships.TheChineseroofsuggests,therefore,thathappinessisfirsttobefoundinthehome.ThereisnodoubtthattheChineseareinlovewithlife,inlovewiththisearth,andwi

5、llnotforsakeitforaninvisibleheaven.Theyareinlovewithlife,whichissosadandyetsobeautiful,andinwhichmomentsofhappinessaresopreciousbecausetheyaresotransient.Theyareinlovewithlife,withitskingsandbeggars,robbersandmonks,funeralsandweddingsandchildbirthsandsicknessesand

6、glowingsunsetsandrainynightsandfeastingdaysandwine-shopfracas.DetailedStudyPara1MainideasinPara1tounderstandtheChineseidealoflife(thepurposeofthearticle)TounderstandChinesehumanism(ambiguous)Chinesehumanismhasadefinitemeaningtheendsofhumanlife(what)adevotiontothes

7、eendstheattainmentoftheseendsbythespiritofhumanreasonableness(how)Chineseidealoflifeisbasedonsubstantiallifethepurposeofthearticle:fromambiguousterm“humanism”toaspecificideaPara2…whenonestartsoutfromtheteleologicalpointofview,accordingtowhichallthings,includingm

8、osquitoesandtyphoidgerms,arecreatedforthegoodofthiscocksurehumanity.Thereisafinalendoflife;alltheexistingthingsaredesignedtoservethisendAlltheexistingth