(共22张PPT)
Great People
Confucius
(551~479)
1.He is known as the ancient greatest philosopher, educator and thinker
2.His teachings:
---The family is important.We are
members of a group.
---Treat others in the way you want to be treated.
Mencius
He is the most famous
inheritor of confucius' theory.
His theories:
People are more important than rulers.
Man is born good.
Mozi
He was another influential teacher and thinker.
His theories are mostly similiar to those of confucius'.
His beliefs:
All human beings are equal.
We should love all human beings.
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Compass
Gun-powder
philosopher :
philosophy:
state:
organized political community forming part of a country
州 ,国家
A person who studies or teaches philosophy
哲学家
Search for knowledge and understand of the nature and meanings of the universe and of human life
哲学
Introduction
importance:
ruler:
treat :
teaching :
重要性
学说
对待
统治者
A person who rules or governs
being important
that which is taught
act or behave in a certain way towards sb.
equal
Having the same rights or being
treated the same as other people
平等的;同等的
thinker
a person who thinks about
serious and important subjects
思想家
war
a situation in which two or more countries
or groups of people fight against each other
over a period of time
战争
look after
to be responsible for or to take care of
sb/sth
照料,照顾
equal importance look after philosopher philosophy ruler state teachings thinker treat war
In ancient China, private teachers traveled from state to s____ explaining their p________ Confucius was the most important of the ancient Chinese p__________ Confucius’s t_________ influenced society for more than 2000 years.
tate
hilosophy
hilosophers
eaching
1
Other important t_______ included Mencius and Mozi. All three teachers believed in the i_________ of kindness and good government. Mencius’s ideas were very similar to those of Confucius, but some of Mozi’s t_________ were very different. For example, he hated the idea of w_____ and believed that strong people should l_________ weaker people.
hinkers
mportance
eachings
ar
ook after
Reading the passage above again and answer the following questions.
1.Which ancient philosophers were mentioned in the passage?
Confucius, Mencius and Mozi
2. What did they all believe in ?
They all believe in the importance of kindness
and good government.
3.In what way were Confucius’ ideas different from
Mozi’s ideas?
Mozi hated the idea of war and believed
that strong people shoud look after weaker
people.
1. Man is born good.
2. All human beings are equal.
3. The family is important. We are members of a group.
Mencius
Mozi
Confucius
Please tell whose ideas the statements are:
2
4. Treat others in the way you want to be
treated.
5. People are more important than rulers.
6. We should love all human beings.
Confucius
Mencius
Mozi
Discussion
Say three things you know about Confucius.
Say what you know about Mencius and Mozi.
Confucius stressed the importane of
kindness, duty and order in society
Confucius
Mencius believed that the reason why
man is different from animals is that
man is good.
Mencius
Mozi taught that we all shoud love
all human beings and look after those
who are weaker than ourselves
Mozi
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