F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

It was created by Confucious, whose Chinese name is Kong Qiu, but often addressed formally as Kong Zi.

He never wrote any books, but his ideas were transcribed by his students after he died./ posthumously.

especially to people you don’t agree with him – especially to people you don’t agree with.

at his area – in his time

china is very like the situation as medieval Europe, the institution called Feudalism – China was really like the situation in medieval Europe, similar to Feudalism.

the vassals kingdoms become bigger and bigger – the vassals kingdoms grew with massive land seizures.

It wasn’t meant to be followed religiously

in his time Confucianism wasn’t popular / Confucianism ideologies hadn’t spread yet.

after he died for 300 years – 300 years after he died

adjust some defect of capitalism / fix some defect of capitalism

Confucianism pay more attention on public interest – Confucianism was changed to focus on public interest

a separation of public and private

corrupted – changed to become worse than it was planned for

eg: Confucian ideology became corrupted.

seize (V.) seizure (N. the seizing of sth.)

eg: They seized the land. And kicked out the people living there.

posthumous – happening, done, or published after someone’s death

eg: She received a posthumous award for her life of philanthropy.

eg: The Army posthumously awarded him a medal for bravery.

Pronunciation

Iron – I earn (money)