Week 3/6 Vocabulary

the study of the basic ideas about 

society, education, and right and wrong

• philosophies

• individual

• Confucianism

• similar

a single human being as contrasted with a group

• individual

• Confucianism

• similar

• Daoism

a system of beliefs based on teachings of Confucius

• Confucianism

• similar

• Daoism

• legalism

having things in common

• similar

• Daoism

• legalism

• filial piety

a Chinese philosophy concerned with obtaining long life and living in harmony with nature

• Daoism

• legalism

• filial piety

• social class

a Chinese philosophy that stressed the importance of laws

• legalism

• filial piety

• social class

• philosophies

the responsibility children have to respect, obey, and care for their parents

• filial piety

• social class

• philosophies

• individual

a group of people who are at a similar cultural, economic, or educational level

• social class

• philosophies

• individual

• similar