#ruism

[pequodyaoi]

hey COURT EUNUCHS who HATE confucian scholars and filial piety. this is for you.

cant believe this has to be said but nsfw do Not touch and do not interact

#88x31 #ok its not rly those dimensions but it would have looked shit otherwise ijbol #ANTICONFUCIANISM #confucians do not touch #fuck confucius #unfilial eunuchs only #slash half joking of course. use as see fit #neocities #webcore #ruism #confucius #confucianism #confucian scholars dni #very specific gif #also this is a joke gif but i dont like confucianism either

[finding-china]

The Four Cardinal Principles

The Four Cardinal Principles are a set of Legalist, and later Confucian (Ruism), foundational principles of morality referred to as the fundamental principles of conduct, or four social bonds. The Four Cardinal Principles are propriety (禮), righteousness (義), integrity (廉) and shame (恥).

They are derived from the Legalist text Guanzi attributed to the Qi philosopher Guan Zhong, although it is unlikely he was the actual author.

The Four Cardinal Principles can be understood as the following:

Lǐ (禮) - the rites and rituals, referring to the major Confucian duties such as ancestor worship and familial duties including all manner of ritualised cultural life in order to shape one's thinking and reinforce moral character.

Yì (義) - righteousness, refering to both correct conduct and the rejection of improper behaviour and dishonour including filial piety and correct social order.

Lián (廉) - integrity, referring to always being 'upright' in one's behaviour.

Chǐ (恥) - shame, referring to the appropriate response one should feel towards inappropriate behaviour; it is considered one of the means by which individuals judge right from wrong allowing for self-improvement. In some renderings of the principles the concept of chi is replaced with honour (耻).

#confucianism #ancient china #old china #chinese history #history #ruism

[revelry-in-severity]

A simple inquiry about the pattern on his boots and I learn that "Ruism" exists

#project sekai #prsk #kamishiro rui #wxs

[raposarealm]

Seira took the picture on her filming camera, so that the image would be much higher quality. And, higher quality usually equals higher resolution, which equals greater zoom capacity!

Rui, I’m begging you to stop phrasing things like a light novel. I know this game’s in visual novel format, but please.

Again, please say what you mean. I could practically hear the quotation marks there, Rui! ;_;

Seira’s become Rui’s translator at this point. Is this a language I can study, ‘Ruism’?

Anyways.

Ok Seira wasn’t supposed to emote with her mouth open here but I took the shot at the wrong point. It’s very funny, though. 

Rui: “They could be in danger!”

Seira: *surprised pikachu face*

#this was a lot more meme-y than the other ones sorry #it's getting late and i'm getting punchy #but! we're powering through! 'cause if i don't finish this liveblog tonight i won't finish it ever. #so strap in folks and enjoy or at least endure the ride! #i the reincarnated overlord magnificently thwart their conspiracy!! #reincarnated overlord liveblog

[mahdidarkdrop]

Kong Qiu (Kong Fūzi : Master Kong)(Confucius)

https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Confucius

#kongqiu #kongfuzi #kǒngfūzǐ #confucius #masterkong #confucianism #confucian #ruism #ruclassicism #rújiā #rujia #rujiao #mahdigohikaru #mahdikhalwachi

[alectoperdita]

oh no, they are embarking on a redemption quest for dongfang’s dad. “i tortured my son to remove his emotions so he would restore our kingdom but i was sooooooooooOoooOooo sad about it.” boo.

Boooo, but that is what Ruism demands. :|

#replies #anonymous

[darkfalcon-z]

And I thought I was only perplexed by the presence of Starbucks in Fo Guang Shan because I’m a Westerner and as such don’t get the nuance. 

I remember visiting Licheń way, way back (sorry, those two places remind me of one another, despite being different religions, both give off the feeling of sanctity manufactured for commercial purpose) and there were some little shops selling souvenirs around the parking lots. You could buy replicas of the local Miraculous Picture, Virgin Mary statuette, holly water bottles shaped like Virgin Mary,  rosaries,and such alongside some miscellaneous non-religious non religious items popular in late 90′s early 2000′s, and the Laughing Buddha statuettes. Which somehow feels mildly offensive for both religions at once.

#cool history bros #fo guang shan #religion #buddhism #taoism #licheń #confucianism #ruism #and #catholocism #I guess

[watch-grok-brainrot]

hello!! i had a question about 忠孝仁义-- thank you for your post, it was super informative! but i was wondering, are these values ranked? as in, if two or more of them conflicted, there's some rule somewhere that says you should put 忠 before 孝 or etc? or is it just up to the poor bastard to follow their heart or something? WWX had the option of sacrificing himself when stuff conflicted, re: the Wens and the fate of the Jiang sect, but I'm curious about what could happen if it wasn't an option.

And this is where I realize how limited implicit knowledge is! So, the post I made was limited to how I interpreted wwx’s actions within the concept of virtues I was familiar with due to my chinese cultural background. I have not studied confucianism in detail. I can read some literary chinese but I don't have any non-parental bestowed academic training in that regard. (Heck, I chose to drop my intro to literary chinese class in college during shopping period because I decided running off to a boy scout camp and fire spinning was what I actually wanted to do with my time and that meant i would have no classes on friday and i could spend fridays working in a lab. Oddly enough, i have zero regrets… but i digress!) 

I love this question! Mostly because I've never thought to ask this question before, but let’s see what I can cobble together from myself and the interwebs. If anyone finds a mistake, PLEASE PLEASE CORRECT ME BECAUSE I AM NOT AN EXPERT!!!! 

1)  Confucian/Ruism thought is where these virtues stem from. If your country spends DYNASTIES following a school of thought, it becomes part of the culture (e.g. look at Europe and Christianity). Ruism believes that moral education is the foundation of governing. From the perspective of pure Ruism, 仁 is the most fundamental virtue. With humanity and benevolence, everything else if possible. However, assessing these virtues while remembering they were constructed for the sake of state/country stability would be wise. 

2) There are SO MANY MORE virtues than the four I listed. Like I said, I chose those four to focus on because they’re basic and common. However, if you dig a little deeper, you see the four in a longer list, in a different order:  仁义礼智信忠孝悌节恕勇让. These concepts are considered the core of Ruism thinking. I’ve bolded where the four I discussed come up in the list. 

仁 - humanity

义 - righteousness

礼 - decorum/etiquette

智- wisdom

信 - honestly/truthfulness

忠 - loyalty

孝 - filial piety

悌 - respect of elder brother (like 孝 but for older people of your generation)

节 - integrity

恕 - forbearance (paired with 忠 as a ruler-subject relation and both point back to 仁)

勇 - bravery (but one that follows 仁义礼智)

让 - yield/deference (out of consideration for others)

You’ll notice a lot of these virtues are related to each other. Within the school of thought, many concepts are intertwined (孝悌, 忠恕, 勇 in the context of 仁义礼智, etc)

3) Classification and hierarchical order gets CONFUSING. I was overwhelmed by how many different ways thinking and traditions piece different virtues together. Let’s look at some examples (that i’m not going to translate because i’m lazy): 

Per pure Ruism, 仁义礼智信  are collectively called the Five Constants (五常)

But culturally, there are the 四维八德 (Four anchors and eight virtues) where the four anchors are 礼、义、廉、耻 and the eight virtues are 忠、孝、仁、爱、信、义、和、平。

You also see virtues clustered into sets of six as follows: 

为臣之六德 (6 virtues for a minister)：诹、谋、度、询、咨、周 

为民之六德 (6 virtues for the people)：知、仁、圣、义、忠、和

兵家之六德 (6 virtues for the military)：礼、仁、信、义、勇、智

From these few examples, you can tell the order isn’t consistent. Which virtues are included in a list aren’t consistent. AND the application of the list of virtues changes based on your target audience. 

So, I don’t think there is an actual hierarchy to the four virtues. It depends on what you’re doing and who you are. From a Ruism perspective, 仁 is fundamental. Everything stems from 仁. So that would go first. But when the thoughts are applied to government, order becomes important so 忠 becomes the priority.  In fact, if you’re a minister to an emperor, you better prioritize 忠 (and to be a good minister, prioritize 仁) but 孝 and 义could end up as lip service. But if you’re a wandering martial artist on the jianghu, you may not have a need for 忠 but you will prioritize 义 and 仁.

So what does wwx do if he can’t sacrifice himself? Since there isn’t a clear order of priorities, I think he would look at the Jiang Sect Motto and go from there. He needs to decide where the line is drawn. What is good? What is bad? What is black? What is white? He will likely focus on  and 仁. And his choice of action vs inaction will ultimately be how he interprets his own morality.

#that was more learning than i expected to do on a saturday #nerd-bastard #my answers #thank you #ruism #chinese virtues #wei wuxian #wwx #wei ying #cql meta-ish #mdzs #the untamed 陈情令

[biancadinkins]

If you can’t love yourself, how the hell you gonna love somebody else! #GuRu #Ruism HC.com/GuRu https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn9nK7rh0Hr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10yuv4qfpl7zo

#guru #ruism

[thinkingfan-blog1]

ChinaPhil episode 2. wowee!!

#confucianism #chinese philosophy #chinaphil #chinese culture #chinese thought #ancient chinese thought #ancient china #confucius #ruism

[hunxi-after-hours]

Hi, I'm trying to figure out something from Shan He Jian Xin. I don't trust the official subs of the donghua, but I've always been curious as to what Shen Qiao was reciting in EP 3 when he recited the Zhuyang Ce and I wondered if there was something out there that could give a more accurate translation of what he's saying. I found nothing, but I did learn that what he's reading is lifted from a real-life text called the "Baopuzi", and he's reading from the ninth "inner chapter", the "Daoyi".

okay okay actually this is a fascinating question because like, I knew that the script was borrowing freely from classical texts, but I hadn’t looked into any specific lines and now I have so many tabs open looking into this 

so! before we even get into the text itself, the particular volume of the Zhuyang Ce Shen Qiao reads from in episode 3 is the 妄意卷 Wang Yi Juan, the... “volume of absurd meaning?” And we know that the volume of the Zhuyang Ce Qi Fengge passed down to Shen Qiao is called the 游魂卷 You Hun Juan, the “volume of travelling souls.” I didn’t clock the names of the other three volumes  in the novel, so it is quite possible that I’m reinventing the wheel here, but knowing those two names makes this text that turned up on a cursory google really cool:

五气朝元 Wu Qi Chao Yuan

一、心藏神，后天为识神，先天为礼，空於哀，则神定，南方赤帝之火气朝元。

二、肝藏魂，后天为游魂，先天为仁，空於喜，则魂定，东方青帝之木气朝元。

三、脾藏意，后天为妄意，先天为信，空於欲，则意定，中央黄帝之土气朝元。

四、肺藏魄，后天为鬼魄，先天为义，空於怒，则魄定，西方白帝之金气朝元。

五、肾藏精，后天为浊精，先天为智，空於乐，则精定，北方墨帝之水气朝元。

There’s literally no way I would be qualified to translate what I believe is a  technical cultivational Daoist text, but the opening lines of the Zhuyang Ce Shen Qiao reads comes from the third line here: 脾藏意，后天为妄意, 先天为信. The last two characters of the middle phrase are the name of the volume, 妄意(卷) Wang Yi (Juan).

But wait, it gets better! Because the second line of the Wu Qi Chao Yuan name-drops the other volume, 游魂 You Hun, so extrapolating from there, the other three volumes of the Zhuyang Ce are called 识神 Shi Shen，鬼魄 Gui Po，and 浊精 Zhuo Jing (umm... ‘knowing divinity,’ ‘ghosts and souls,’ and ‘the essence of muddiness’ respectively? I sense I am missing some capital-c Context here).

and we haven’t even gotten to the text of it yet. awesome.

okay, let’s get to the text; anon, you’re totally right in that they basically lifted this wholesale out of the 《抱朴子·内篇·道义》 Bao Pu Zi, Inner Chapters: “The Meaning of the Way:”

道者涵乾括坤，其本無名。論其無，則影響猶為有焉；論其有，則萬物尚為無焉[...] / The Dao is that which encompasses the universe and contains the cosmos; its root lacks name. To speak of its lacking, its effects appear to exist still within it; to discuss its having, the myriad things become nothing within it...

人能淡默恬愉，不染不移，養其心以無欲[...] 收之以正，[...] 薄喜怒之邪，滅愛惡之端，則不請福而福來，不禳禍而禍去矣。/ Man can be mild and quiet, tranquil and joyful; unstained, unmoving, nurturing one’s heart through lack of desire [...] receiving it through righteousness [...] in weakening the evils of joy and anger, eliminating the extremities of love and hatred, fortune will then come without needing to be invited; and disaster will depart without praying for its aversion.

(uhhh if you’re wondering, Daoism is just Like That)

I was surprised, upon diving into the Wikipedia article on this text, that there’s more Anglophone scholarly discussion than I expected; it looks like researchers have been primarily interested in it for the alchemical Daoism in the text, though I’m now intrigued in its commentary on Ruism/Confucianism （like, just--抱朴子答曰：道者，儒之本也；儒者，道之末也。). Honestly, considering that this is a Jin Dynasty source that discusses the relationship between Daoist and Ruist thought, it seems super appropriate for being the origin of the Zhuyang Ce, a text which is routinely described as harmonizing the three schools of thought (plus the demonic) in one text.

#(vibrating intensifies) #classical research classical research classical RESEARCH #I forgot how much I enjoyed deciphering classical #...even as it gave me headaches #oh I went on a Dive for this didn't I #千秋 backlog #hunxi thinks about QQ

[finding-china]

The Qixi Festival (七夕)

The Qixi Festival is a Chinese festival celebrating the annual meeting of Zhinü and Niulang in Chinese mythology.

It is a celebration of romantic love and the festival is often described as the traditional Chinese equivalent of Valentine's Day. People celebrate the romantic legend of two lovers, Zhinü and Niulang, who were the weaver girl and the cowherder, respectively. The tale of The Cowherder and the Weaver Girl has been celebrated in the Qixi Festival since the Han dynasty. The earliest-known reference to this famous myth dates back to more than 2,600 years ago, which was told in a poem from the Classic of Poetry (詩經), one of the Four Books and Five Classics (四書五經) important in Ruism.

The festival is celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh lunisolar month on the Chinese lunisolar calendar.

#ancient china #old china #history

[emmyw]

Ideology as Ritual

Religious ideologies and philosophical frameworks shape most of our lives, whether we are purposefully practicing or simply enacting the values taught to us by our culture. Education creates a special ability to be exposed to the values and lessons that other cultures have developed and promoted, regardless of how one subscribes to any conceptualization of the supernatural. Two such cases can be seen in Dr. John McCollum and Dr. Justin Tiwald-- both academics who became involved with diverse ideologies that have shaped the way in which they live their lives. 

Dr. Justin Tiwald, a professor of philosophy and ethics at San Francisco State University, began studying Chinese culture and its influential Ruist ideology in high school. College provided a new avenue for consideration of classical Ruist literature. Dr. Tiwald states that he is drawn to Ruism, an ideological framework of behavior intended to produce a well-educated, well-functioning society, due to his own interest in self-cultivation and the improvement of one’s character. He sees this pursuit as the primary objective of studying philosophy. 

“... I tend to think that there is inherent value in living ethically here and now, without need to appeal to some notion of the afterlife or some enforcer of cosmic justice to justify it. The Ruists have long agreed about both of these points-- that ethical self-improvement is central and that living ethically is inherently valuable.” 

While skeptical of Ruism’s potential to be adopted on a large scale in the United States, the centrality of family and strong social bonds may be exactly what draws Americans to the ideology, Dr. Tiwald theorizes-- the emphasis on individualism in American culture has created a crisis of social isolation that people are becoming increasingly aware of. An ideology focused on the value and maintenance of interpersonal relationships could be translated to fit into American culture, even considering new developments in family structure like same-sex relationships and the increasing power and independence of women in society. 

Dr. John McCollum, professor of music and ethnomusicology at Washington College, was introduced to the values and applications of Mahayana Buddhism not through his own culture, but in his studies abroad in Japan. Dr. McCollum emphasizes his fascination with ritualized practice as a phenomenon of human culture. While visiting Japan to study shakuhachi, a Japanese bamboo flute, Dr. McCollum also had the opportunity to study in an esoteric school of Buddhism. This experience led him to become a Buddhist monk for a period of time. 

Dr. McCollum emphasizes that “the goal of Buddhism is to study you-- to study yourself.” Similarly to Dr. Tiwald’s experiences with Ruism, Dr. McCollum emphasizes the practical, tangible benefits and purposes of his ideology of interest. The supernatural is a non-issue for him in his practice of Buddhism. 

“...Suffering is part of who we are... it can mean discomfort, but also having things, because there is always a pull for something more... for example, thinking ‘I will be happy when I have this and this and this... but you will always want more.” 

To Dr. McCollum, meditative practice, in particular zazen sitting meditation, creates peace and helps alleviate this suffering by creating a detachment from the notion of a specific self-- Buddhism holds that there is no individual self, but rather that all life exists in tandem, without singularity. 

The practices of both Dr. Tiwald and Dr. McCollum reflect a trend evident in today’s culture but perhaps also prevalent throughout history in less obvious ways-- a ritualized ideology does not have to deal in the supernatural or afterlife to provide real benefits to an individual or group. The prevalence of various forms of religion and spirituality throughout human history is perhaps evidence of a humanistic call to ritual. The human mind loves to tell stories and seems to crave order and systematic behavior in all walks of life. Embracing an ideology that suits one’s own preexisting inclinations and way of life is perhaps a necessary bolster for living a fulfilling and wholesome life. 

[xueyaang]

¶ + of the six arts: Rites, Music, Archery, Charioteering, Calligraphy, Mathematics

SEND ME ‘¶ + A SUBJECT’ AND I’LL POST A HEADCANON FOR MY CHARACTER ABOUT THAT TOPIC

So if I remember correctly, a big deal about being A Gentleman was being well educated/well versed in the Six Arts listed above. Which brings me to the point...

Xue Yang is absolutely not a Gentleman, either in education or manner. 

His education is very limited to the foundational basics. It’s very very likely that he went into the Lanling Jin Sect unable to read or write - or at best still trying to teach himself to. As such, his skills in the Six Arts are as follows: 

Rites - described as “Confucianism, also known as Ruism, is described as tradition, a philosophy, a religion, a humanistic or rationalistic religion, a way of governing, or simply a way of life”- is something he would know very little about. This knowledge, I feel, is developed through experience in a world that learns and discusses and exemplifies this lifestyle not only through literal education but also in the rituals of life. Xue Yang has had none of this, and so has little to know knowledge of this aspect until he would be forced to sit down to lectures. At the age he would attend a lecture on this, it’s very likely that his attention span would wander quickly. 

Music - absolutely not. This also would require education via tutor and a certain amount of personal freedom and also ownership of a musical instrument. He has never picked up an instrument nor felt invested or drawn to listen to music. If the opportunity arose, he might listen to it but the emotional connection or imagery of a song would be lost - It’d simply be noise to him. 

Archery - he would actually have some skill in archery. It’d be rudimentary, and developed later in life. It’s possible he could actually have some rough talent in archery, and his left hand would be the one to pull the string. 

Charioteering - Low to no skill. He doesn’t like or trust horses to begin with. If he were to ride a horse, Xue Yang would be a demanding and forceful rider and would be more likely than not to be thrown if the horse was a stubborn one. 

Calligraphy - I think I mentioned it earlier, but he has no formal education prior to joining the Lanling Jin Sect, and he joined because he was scouted out by JGS as a prospect for recovering/repairing the Stygian Tiger Seal (if I remember correctly, I am prone to forgetting the basic information XD ). So by this point I HC that he is attempting to teach himself to read and write and learning the basics of demonic cultivation (there had to have been someone to emulate, or at least he’s able to read enough that he can follow some manuscripts)... but on writing itself, Xue Yang can write but I’m sure there’s mistakes here and there. With practice, he’s fine at it but a well-read person would certainly be able to see inexperience in the strokes of his characters. 

Mathematics - I believe that Xue Yang could be intelligent enough to study mathematics, if he could tolerate a tutor. He may be the type to teach himself with some outside assistance for difficult concepts, but he would also be the type to be frustrated quickly by it. If his practices in demonic cultivation demanded knowledge of mathematics, he would absolutely learn it and suspend his frustrations for the sake of advancement in skill. 

holy hell, this was long X’D

#hc #these are subject to change as my understanding of The Six Arts evolves and advances through time #weiwuxiian

[8westerndragon8-blog]

Confucianism, also known as Ruism, is described as tradition, a philosophy, a religion, a humanistic or rationalistic religion, a way of governing, or simply a way of life.[1]

[somewhatangst]

When life hands you lemons, affix flower crown and sashay away #ruisms #flowerqueen #yassqueen

#ruisms #yassqueen #flowerqueen