What's the difference between confucianism and hinduism?
Confucianism
Definition:
(n.) The political morality taught by Confucius and his disciples, which forms the basis of the Chinese jurisprudence and education. It can hardly be called a religion, as it does not inculcate the worship of any god.
Example Sentences:
(1) He saw in the economic success of east Asia the triumph of “Confucian values”: discipline, order, respect for education and authority over western values of individualism, liberalism and democracy.
(2) I just thought up a nonsensical Confucian-sounding aphorism and said it in a grossly exaggerated version of my dad's voice.
(3) The economic miracle of East Asia is followed by the emergence of a new common identity in Confucianism among the nations in the region.
(4) In his conquest of power, Mao Zedong used military tactics derived from Sun Tzu , who lived around 500 BC; Confucianism, dating from around the same time, remains at the heart of China’s social thinking, despite Mao’s ruthless attempts to suppress it.
(5) Chinese leaders have tried to bolster their waning legitimacy by pointing to the ancient ideals of Confucianism, as evidenced by the ubiquitous presence of state-sponsored Confucius Institutes around the world.
(6) Being the predominant cultural determining force in East Asia, Confucianism has deeply influenced East Asian behaviour.
(7) Third, the East Asian's lack of assertiveness is rooted in the Confucian ideal of man as a reflection of harmony in the cosmos and the Confucian ideal of society as based on the fulfillment of duties rather than the assertion of rights.
(8) "Huntingdon said the coming clash will be between the western civilisation and the Islamic-Confucian civilisation.
(9) But the ancient Confucian concept of minben asserted that "the people are the root of the state" , and that their concerns should always come before the desires of those who rule them.
(10) Confucianism and Christianity were both revolutionary," he said.
(11) However, later in life, as Chinese identity and Confucian attitudes emphasising education, discipline and hierarchy became more important, he would be criticised for presenting himself as a fount of wisdom, a convincing articulator of modern Asia to western audiences, while actually behaving with all the intolerance of a Chinese emperor.
(12) To many he became the embodiment of the orderly transition of a region from western dominance to neo-Confucian success.
(13) He said they had been preparing for the award since 1988 and "seeking Confucian wisdom"; evidently a lengthy process.
(14) President Xi, like his predecessor Hu Jintao, speaks often about the Confucian virtues of harmony ( hexie ) and stability ( wending ).
(15) This community of 400 farmers is located in Shandong province, the origin of the Confucian ethical code that has dominated the nation's morals for more than 2,000 years.
(16) This long, painful, and complicated process began with the collapse of China’s ancient imperial system and its sustaining Confucian ideology in 1912.
(17) Xi, a leading promoter of China's economic renaissance, incarnates an unashamed patriotism in which neo-Maoism and neo-Confucianism coexist – so long as they contribute to assuring the Communist party's supremacy and promoting its sacred heritage.
(18) Second, the East Asian's lack of principled moral thinking is linked to the dyadic, relation-based character of the Confucian ethic, its lack of hypothetical reasoning and its hierarchical view of human relationships.
(19) In establishing the fundamental layout of the new capital, the Ming reached for a suitably weighty touchstone, drawing on the teachings of the Kaogong Ji (roughly translated as “regulations of construction”), a text dating from the fifth century BC; part of the Rites of Zhou, an ancient Confucian manual of bureaucracy and organisational theory.
(20) As the Confucian phrase goes: "Only the virtuous can rule all under Heaven."
Hinduism
Definition:
(n.) The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos; Brahmanism.
Example Sentences:
(1) But those who know the Londoner – who was born Siddhartha Dhar and changed his name after converting from Hinduism to Islam – struggle to agree on whether he can be identified as Isis’s latest propaganda figure.
(2) His Glass family argued their way through issues of religion and compromise in a succession of stories published in the New Yorker, including Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters; Franny; Zooey; and Seymour: An Introduction, while rumours of their author's experiments with Buddhism, Hinduism, Christian Science, acupunture and diet continued to spread.
(3) Growing religious intolerance, including attacks on churches and forced conversions to Hinduism, recently drew critical comments from Barack Obama .
(4) Hindu nationalists want to make India great again.” Hindu nationalism is rooted in the belief that Muslim and British invasions defiled Hindu culture and values, which are seen as synonymous with those of India, writes Syracuse professor Prema Kurien in her book A Place at the Multicultural Table: the Development of an American Hinduism .
(5) Rajendra Agrawal, the BJP member of parliament representing Meerut's 1.4 million voters, stresses that Hinduism's message is one of peace and tolerance but "one day … Islamic aggression will have to be dealt with".
(6) Earlier experiences with psychedelic drugs appeared to have influenced many of the subjects to Hinduism and the guru.
(7) I once did a series called painting from the nine religions: Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and everything else ism.
(8) Christian convert from Hinduism; peddler of Muslim “no-go zone” nonsense.
(9) Asian religions, such as Hinduism and Buddhism, are under-represented and funding is a major issue in preventing their equal access, it said.
(10) Stephen and Jennifer Sedlock and their two children had brought the lawsuit claiming yoga promoted Hinduism and inhibited Christianity.
(11) His religion, just like Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism and others, is complex, contradictory and open to various interpretations – but figuring that out can’t be done in an instant.
(12) This principle of "two units combining to form one", this unification of two opposing and complementary principles has been depicted in a model manner in the iconography of Hinduism and Tantric Buddhism.
(13) Photograph: Reuters Irina Bokova, the head of the UN cultural agency, Unesco, described the destruction to the country’s unique cultural blend of Hinduism and Buddhism as “heartbreaking”.
(14) Many were worried by the recent withdrawal by publishers Penguin of a book on Hinduism after legal challenges by rightwing organisations .
(15) She didn't think any more about it until she became interested in Hinduism.
(16) But this has not happened in India, perhaps on account on Hinduism and strong religious attachments to a host of animals .
(17) In Hinduism, the Hijra community (eunuchs) – neither born male nor female, but self-identified as female – are historically believed to have the power to grant wishes and cast spells, and are often present at weddings and births.
(18) It is, however, the holistic approach to health in Hinduism that calls attention to such causes of ill health as climatic extremes, bacterial attack, nutritional deviance, stress, and other forms of emotional imbalance.
(19) Saffron is the colour of the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), of which he is the candidate in national polls next month, and is powerfully symbolic in Hinduism.
(20) The young men are from the Bajrang Dal, a youth organisation dedicated to advancing a rigorous and revivalist version of Hinduism .