AppreciatethelanguageAppreciatethelanguage1.Isn’titapleasuretostudyandpracticewhatyouhavelearned?

學而時習之，不亦說乎？

2.Isn’titalsogreatwhenfriendsvisitfromdistantplaces?

有朋自遠方來，不亦樂乎？3.Ifpeopledonotrecognizemeanditdoesn’tbotherme,amInotasuperiorMan?

人不知而不慍，不亦君子乎？

TheteachingsofConfucius,oneofthemostrespectedteachersofancientChina,arestillknownandstudiedaroundtheworldtoday.Confuciusidentifiedtheconceptrenasthemostimportantprincipleinlife,aprinciplewhichisstillrelevantinmodernsociety.

BackgroundInformationConfuciusandRenLearningObjectives1.WatchthevideotounderstandConfucius’lifeandhisthought--Ren.2.ExpressyourideasaboutRenandapplyittoreallife.3.ExploretheimportanceofConfucius’thoughts.Part1BeforeYouWatchCompleteeachsentencewithyourbestguess.1.TheteachingsofConfuciushavebeenanimportantpartofChineseculturefor_____________years.2.Heteachingsareallaboutthemostbasic______________oflife.3.Confuciusthoughtthat________wasthemostimportantmoralprinciple.4.AccordingtoConfucius,thishighestprinciplebeginswithlovefor__________.5.Confuciussaid:“Whateveryoudon’tlikedonetoyourself,don’t________________.”ChecktheanswersinBeforeYouWatch.WhileYouWatch1.TheteachingsofConfuciushavebeenanimportantpartofChineseculturefor______years.2.Heteachingsareallaboutthemostbasic_______oflife.3.Confuciusthoughtthat_____wasthemostimportantmoralprinciple.4.AccordingtoConfucius,thishighestprinciplebeginswithlovefor________.5.Confuciussaid:“Whateveryoudon’tlikedonetoyourself,don’t_____________.2,000valuesrenparentsdoittoothersRen----writtencharacter二人aperson,ahumanbeing二thenumbertwo仁relationshipsbetweenindividuals,orwithallthesocietyRen--thehighestmoralprincipleparentspeoplecountryMenciusConfuciusHowdoMenciusandConfuciusexplainren?world

TheBenevolentLovestheothersRen---inRealLifeZigongasked:“Isthereonesingleconceptthatwecantakeasaguideforallactionsinourlives?”Confuciussaid:“Whatabout‘fairness’?Whateveryoudon’tlikedonetoyourself,don’tdoittoothers.”子貢問曰：有一言而可以終身行之者乎？

子曰：其恕乎？己所不欲，勿施于人。Donotdotoothersanythingthatyouwouldnotwantdonetoyou.2Circlethecorrectwordstocompletethesentencesbelow.WHILEYOUWATCH1ConfucianthoughtisstillgreatlyvaluedinChinaandinotherEast

/Southeast

Asiancountries.2IfstudentsreallyunderstoodConfucianideas,itcouldchangesociety/theirlives.3InEnglish,

onlya

few/manydifferentwordscanbeusedtotranslateConfucius’shighest

moralprinciple.4Mencius/Zigongexplainedthisprinciple

as“lovingone’sparents,lovingpeople,loving

everythingintheworld”.5ConfuciustaughtZigongthattheonesingleconcepttotakeasaguideforallactionsin

lifeishappiness/fairness.AFTERYOUWATCHWorkingroups.Discussthequestions.1InwhatwaysdoyouthinkConfucianthoughtstillinfluenceseducationandsocietyinChina?2Doyouthinkthatyourlifewouldchangeifyouunderstoodandpractisedreneveryday?ConfucianthoughthasagreatinfluenceonChineseeducation,becauseitteachespeopletoshowgreatrespectforteachersandthethinkersofthepast.InChinesesociety,Confucianthoughthaskeptthefamilyandrespectforparentsasafocalpoint.Ihavebeentryingtopractisetheprincipleofren,butI’mnotsurethatmylifewouldchangethatmuch.AFTERYOUWATCHWorkingroups.Discussthequestions.3HowwouldtheConfucianideaoffairnesschangesocietyaroundyouifeverybodystartedpractisingfairnessineverything?

Itwouldresultinamoreegalitariansociety,wherepeopletreatedeveryonewithkindnessandrespectregardlessofstatus.themostrespectedteachers最受尊重的老師arestillknownandstudied仍然被了解和研究identifytheconceptrenasthemostimportantprinciple認為仁這個概念是生活中最重要的原則basicvaluesoflife基本的生活價值觀Confuci