Teared up during the Grandfather story! I was raised by my Grandmother and still live with her now. I can't express the amount of love I have for her and always feel lucky be with her!
@@PeterBolland I really liked your analogy of with Li being the vein while the others being the blood. Do you mind if I quote this? I will cite them of course!
Thank you! The way you contextualized it through the story made the concepts easier to understand, and more personal. Couldn't just be thankful in my mind, so I wrote this as a "conscious opportunity for connection" haha
It is an appealing, common sense idea isn't it. But the problem becomes, how do you legislate "good homes" without trampling on individual liberty? We all wish everyone came from wonderful, safe, thoughtful, loving homes, but for a thousand reasons that simply is not the case for everyone.
Professor Bolland!! I was one of your students a while ago who took your psychology world religions course. This video was selected by my professor for a psychology of stress course that I am currently in. I wish you could have seen the smile that lit up my face when I realized it was you! I really enjoyed your class and as the same in this video you always made it very easy to follow the topic.
Thich Nhat Hanh I think...either way, a great line about how peace and love is an activity more than it is an abstract ideal. That’s why li is so important.
@@Magnulus76 Thank you for sending me on a deep dive into Muste's career this morning. Absolutely remarkable. First, that we're both Dutch. Second, that he was a lecturer at Crozer Theological Seminary where Martin Luther King attended some of his lectures (and they later worked together extensively). And yes, the quote is his, cited in the New York Times, November 16, 1967. Brilliant! Thay (Thich Nhat Hanh) was all up in those same circles, and no doubt heard it from Muste, and worked it into his own teaching after.
This is the best video that explained the value of Confucianism in our life today. Can I get your permission to Translate this video into Chinese and share among Chinese community?
Thanks Peter for the very easy to understand description. May I add some views about the point on Confucianism and Daoism. As per what a Chinese university professor explained in an article I read earlier this year, 5 characteristics constitute Chinese culture: 1) Chinese Language - verbal, written and the frame of mind that supports it. 2) The concept of family and state which Peter explained in the beginning, which the two Chinese characters for state represent and which the west do not have (west only have the meaning of "state" being country). 3) Blended three teaching (or religion depending on how we define religion) belief system - They are a) Confucianism to govern society; b) Buddhism (originally from northern India but adapted and took root locally in China as Zen) to govern individual's spirit; c) Daoism to govern one's heart/mind. 4) The concept of Yinyang and wuxing (Five Phases: water, fire, wood, metal, and earth) for the functioning of the universe. 5) The concept of the world tinxia (sky and earth)- The ancient Chinese thought the "center" of the sky (tin) part of the world is at the artic north. The "center" of the earth (xia) part of the world is at then the capital of China, currently Xian in western China where the Terracotta Army is. Every rectangular boundary from this "center" is 500 Chinese miles. The further from the center the less "civilized" the people are considered to be.
Excellent talk on the principles of confucianism.What I like about your talks on philosophy is in the simple way you explain matters which are otherwise very complex. And also you are able to connect it to the present social realities of the modern world very well..Indeed the Confucian values are very important in the chaotic age of "decadent materialism" and "money obsessed culture" we live in..Its a strange paradox that for a person from another country (I am from India) when I travel to a foreign country like USA, Germany or Korea, my only friend for survival there (especially if it is a random visit and i dont know anyone) is money and not a human being from there..Confucianism laid emphasis on moral values and unfortunately the Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong wanted to destroy this thought as he felt that it had made China backward and regressive..I now hear that it is again regaining respect in China once again which is a good thing..Also USA with the high cases of gun violence and decadent materialism can benefit a lot from confucianism..
Thanks so much for watching and for commenting. I really appreciate your perspective. Also, you're absolutely right about what happened to Conucianism in China. It was erased by the Cultural Revolution, seen as elitist and too religious and contrary to the Marxist materialist philosophy of the day. But that has shifted, as you point out, and now Confucianism is enjoying official recognition as existing in alignment with core Chinese values. Good news.
To me, the Confucian concept of Li is all about action--taking your principles and virtues and manifesting them in behaviors. Living this way makes every interaction a "ritual." At their best, rituals re-enact our values. In this sense propriety and ritual are to points on one continuum.
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Teared up during the Grandfather story! I was raised by my Grandmother and still live with her now. I can't express the amount of love I have for her and always feel lucky be with her!
Thank you!
@@PeterBolland I really liked your analogy of with Li being the vein while the others being the blood. Do you mind if I quote this? I will cite them of course!
@@kbkb4284 No problem. I just got it from one of my students years ago. I thought it was brilliant.
@@PeterBolland Great! Appreciate it. So grateful I stumbled upon this.
Thank you for this video! I loved this video. The story about your grandfather was beautiful.
Thank you so much! 🙏🏼
Thank you! The way you contextualized it through the story made the concepts easier to understand, and more personal. Couldn't just be thankful in my mind, so I wrote this as a "conscious opportunity for connection" haha
Thank you Tiffany!
Thank you so muc!h I just started to learn about chinese culture and history and i am already so excited how much more i want to learn ❤❤❤❤
That's how it works---the more you know, the more you want to know. Hope you enjoy my entire Asian Philosophy playlist.
Thank you so much! I definitely will@@PeterBolland
The strength of the nation comes from the integrity of the home.
It is an appealing, common sense idea isn't it. But the problem becomes, how do you legislate "good homes" without trampling on individual liberty? We all wish everyone came from wonderful, safe, thoughtful, loving homes, but for a thousand reasons that simply is not the case for everyone.
You always make me cry! ❤️
My work here is done. 🙏🏼
wow. beautiful personal connection to Li
Professor Bolland!! I was one of your students a while ago who took your psychology world religions course. This video was selected by my professor for a psychology of stress course that I am currently in. I wish you could have seen the smile that lit up my face when I realized it was you! I really enjoyed your class and as the same in this video you always made it very easy to follow the topic.
Hi Raquel! Good to cross paths with you again! And tell your psychology professor thanks for assigning my video!
@@PeterBolland Yes it is good to cross paths with you again as wel! I will absolutely let them know :D
Thank you very much. Your explanation and the story you connected to Li gave me much enlightenment on my thesis. 👍👍👍
Thank you James! 🙏🏼
"There is no way to peace. Peace is the way" - Abraham Muste
Thich Nhat Hanh I think...either way, a great line about how peace and love is an activity more than it is an abstract ideal. That’s why li is so important.
@@PeterBolland Muste was a semi-famous Presbyterian-turned-Quaker in the mid 20th century. TNH probably heard the quote directly from him.
@@Magnulus76 Thank you for sending me on a deep dive into Muste's career this morning. Absolutely remarkable. First, that we're both Dutch. Second, that he was a lecturer at Crozer Theological Seminary where Martin Luther King attended some of his lectures (and they later worked together extensively). And yes, the quote is his, cited in the New York Times, November 16, 1967. Brilliant! Thay (Thich Nhat Hanh) was all up in those same circles, and no doubt heard it from Muste, and worked it into his own teaching after.
Love your videos!
Thank you! 🙏🏼
This is the best video that explained the value of Confucianism in our life today. Can I get your permission to Translate this video into Chinese and share among Chinese community?
Yes please! That would be wonderful! Thank you! Please let me know when you’ve completed it and posted it. 🙏🏼 I’m honored!
Such a good lecture. I loved this
Thank you so much. 🙏🏼
Thanks Peter for the very easy to understand description. May I add some views about the point on Confucianism and Daoism.
As per what a Chinese university professor explained in an article I read earlier this year, 5 characteristics constitute Chinese culture:
1) Chinese Language - verbal, written and the frame of mind that supports it.
2) The concept of family and state which Peter explained in the beginning, which the two Chinese characters for state represent and which the west do not have (west only have the meaning of "state" being country).
3) Blended three teaching (or religion depending on how we define religion) belief system - They are a) Confucianism to govern society; b) Buddhism (originally from northern India but adapted and took root locally in China as Zen) to govern individual's spirit; c) Daoism to govern one's heart/mind.
4) The concept of Yinyang and wuxing (Five Phases: water, fire, wood, metal, and earth) for the functioning of the universe.
5) The concept of the world tinxia (sky and earth)- The ancient Chinese thought the "center" of the sky (tin) part of the world is at the artic north. The "center" of the earth (xia) part of the world is at then the capital of China, currently Xian in western China where the Terracotta Army is. Every rectangular boundary from this "center" is 500 Chinese miles. The further from the center the less "civilized" the people are considered to be.
If you are using Pinyin, I think the form of heaven or sky is Tian.
thank u for the information it helps me alot on my assignments in Chinese Philosophy.
Thank you! Glad to be of some assistance.
Excellent talk on the principles of confucianism.What I like about your talks on philosophy is in the simple way you explain matters which are otherwise very complex. And also you are able to connect it to the present social realities of the modern world very well..Indeed the Confucian values are very important in the chaotic age of "decadent materialism" and "money obsessed culture" we live in..Its a strange paradox that for a person from another country (I am from India) when I travel to a foreign country like USA, Germany or Korea, my only friend for survival there (especially if it is a random visit and i dont know anyone) is money and not a human being from there..Confucianism laid emphasis on moral values and unfortunately the Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong wanted to destroy this thought as he felt that it had made China backward and regressive..I now hear that it is again regaining respect in China once again which is a good thing..Also USA with the high cases of gun violence and decadent materialism can benefit a lot from confucianism..
Thanks so much for watching and for commenting. I really appreciate your perspective. Also, you're absolutely right about what happened to Conucianism in China. It was erased by the Cultural Revolution, seen as elitist and too religious and contrary to the Marxist materialist philosophy of the day. But that has shifted, as you point out, and now Confucianism is enjoying official recognition as existing in alignment with core Chinese values. Good news.
Thank you, now I understand it all.
Thank you for watching and commenting! 🙏🏼
Hey Peter, thanks for the nice video. What exactly is the difference between propriety/li and rituals through which virtues are expressed?
To me, the Confucian concept of Li is all about action--taking your principles and virtues and manifesting them in behaviors. Living this way makes every interaction a "ritual." At their best, rituals re-enact our values. In this sense propriety and ritual are to points on one continuum.
Christianity has two primary commandments. Worship God, and do unto others as you would have others do unto you, (the golden rule).