CONCEPTS IN THE MIDDLE WAY OF THE CONFUCIAN PHILOSOPHY
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Confucian Middle Way referred to the state which was not leaning to one side, and a state that did not change the feeling and mood. It was a state of mind that was not biased when it created satisfactory and unsatisfactory impact. Therefore, the Middle Way of Confucius meant wise (Chu) and sincere (Chin) intelligence to make people saw all things as they were, not as they have appeared. When people could see all things as they were, our mind would know all things with neutral, not attached to it and left oneself to go on. Conducting of the middle way like returning to the original mind without embellishments as Leonard Chu Luan Chu said the middle way was none other; the fact was that common sense itself. Then, Confucius was importantly born as a religious teacher and as a recipient and transmission of tradition and ancient culture. Born of Truth and Ethics recognizing humans who were the center of development for teaching human faces and solved problems with its patience and intelligence. Confucius declared in Scripture regarding the changes (I-Ching). The five main relationships and responsibilities that a person should follow the five relationships were husband and wife, father, mother, son, daughter, brother to sister's friends and bosses with employees.
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