Kongzi Vs Confucius Analysis

In the East, particular within the great ancient Chinese civilizations, two very different kinds of point to view of being Human had come to flourish in the Chinese culture. Which till this very day influences the day by day tasks and challenges faced by many. On one side there is the world renowned teachings of Confucius (Kongzi) which talks of becoming the perfect society via men who become the perfect gentlemen that followed his teachings in his Analects. On the other side we have the life lessons and guides of another by the name of Laozi. Whose approach on life was drastically different compared to Kongzi’s perfect society, in which he preached the Dao (the way). The nonchalant approach of the Dao was simply and was shared with others by the Daodejing (also known as the Laozi). Although each of these views on what it means to be human has many differences, they both hold many similarities.
Confucianism is a NONTHEIST religion in which people act more ethical on decisions rather than metaphysical. The main goal was to develop the perfect gentlemen (junzi) through acts of moral cultivation. If a man had a guest …show more content…
However, the Daodejing recognizes that it is possible to become an immortal through strict qi and dietary practice. These Daoist also believed that doing something to improve a situation usually ends up making matters worse than they were in the first place. Instead the method of the Dao was to be more like water or wuwei (actionless action), motionless and at the mercy of elements at all times “Water benefits all creatures but does not compete. It occupies the places people disdain and thus comes near to the Way” (Ebrey and Walthall, 2014, p30). For the Daoist, it was better to remain ignorant and not to interfere with events that comes your way. Oddly enough even though the goal is to help others, advocates of the Dao did not want kings to interfere with the lives of their