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Philosophers of Ancient China
Confucius (551BC-479BC)
The family is important. We are members of a group.
Treat others in the way you want to be treated.
家天下
己所不欲, 勿施于人。
Mencius (372BC-289BC)
People are more important than rulers.
Man is born good.
民为贵 君为轻
人性本善
Mozi (376BC-390BC)
All human beings are equal.
We should love all human beings.
众生平等
兼爱
Fast Reading
Choose the correct answers.
Confucius stressed the importance of the following aspects except _____.
A. kindness B. friendship
C. order D. duty
2. “If the government was kind, then people would be good.” is the teaching of ___. A. Mencius B. Confucius C. Mozi D. Xunzi
3. Which shows the right order of time when the three great thinkers lived A. Confucius--- Mencius ---Mozi B. Mencius--- Mozi--- Confucius C. Confucius---Mozi---Mencius D. Mozi--- Mencius---Confucius
1. States were often at peace with each other in ancient China.
2. Confucius’ ideas have the greatest influence on China.
3. Mencius resigned from the government, because the first ruler didn’t respect him.
T
F
war
F
follow his advice.
True or false questions
4. Mencius spent all his life preparing a book of his teachings called The Book of Mencius.
5. Mozi’s beliefs were the same as those of Confucius.
6. Mencius is the oldest among the three.
F
F
F
his last years
similar to
Confucius
Para. 1 Introduction about _________.
________ --- 479BC
greatest influence (more than ____ years)
importance of ________, ____ and _____ in society
Confucius
551BC
kindness
duty
order
2000
Fill in the chart.
Para. 2 Introduction about _______
born in ___ BC and brought up by ___ ______
at an important _______ in the __________ first and later _______
The Book of _______
Man was ____.
______ were more important than ______.
Mencius
372
his mother
position
government
Mencius
kind
People
rulers
resigned
Para. 3 Introduction about _____
______ --- 390 BC
___________ was most important.
All men are _____.
Love all ______ ______ and look after the weak.
hate the idea of ____
Mozi
476BC
Government
equal
human beings
war
1. What have you learnt from this
passage
2. What is the contemporary value of
the three philosophers’ ideas
Discussion
Confucius
Confucius is a great __________ whose ideas have greatly _________ Chinese society for more than 2000 years.
He _______ the importance of ________, ____ and _____ in society.
Chinese society was _________ by these ideas for more than ______ years.
philosopher
influenced
stressed
kindness
duty
order
Retell the passage.
influenced
2,000
Mencius
Mencius was a _______ whose teachings were very ______ __ those of Confucius.
Mencius believed that man is _____, and people were more important than _____. He suggested that the government should not treat people ______.
thinker
similar to
rulers
good
badly
Mozi
Mozi founded the _______. Born in a poor family, he became famous for his unusual clothes and ________. Though his beliefs were ______ to those of Confucius, his idea of love was ________ ____ Confucian idea of kindness. He taught that we should love all ______ ______. He believed that all men were _____, and he was against the idea of ____.
Mohism
behaviour
similar
different from
human beings
equal
war
Para1:1. 同…… 处于战争状态 2. 是一段……. 的时间 3. 强调 …….. 的重要性 4. 受……影响
at war with
it is/was a time when
stress the importance of
be influenced by
Important phrases
be similar to
bring up
travel from state to state
an adviser to the ruler
take/follow one’s advice
Para2:
1. 与……相似
2. 抚养 培育
3. 听从某人建议
4. 周游列国
5. 统治者的军师, 谋士
Para 3:1. 出生于
2. 因为 以……… 而闻名
3. 在某些方面 某种程度上
4. 结果
5. 照顾, 照料
be born in
be famous for
in some ways
as a result
look after
Choose one person who you like most.
Give your reason why you like him/
her most.
2. Whose ideas do you agree with most why
Discussion