MMW 11 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Landscape Painting, Tao Te Ching, Qin Dynasty

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 11
• Professor: Matthew Herbst

Document Summary

Phenomenon during the spring and autumn period into the warring states period of the. Concept of universality (extend love of your family to everyone else"s family) If your good deeds and love only extend to your family, then it doesn"t benefit the whole. Didn"t like confucius" concept of filial piety only extending to your family. Makes the world hypercompetitive and doesn"t help society grow as a whole. Rituals are wasteful and only reaffirm the status quo instead of working to better society as a whole. Sort of like utilitarianism in that what is considered best is what benefits the most people. When his philosophy was put to government, defensive warfare was the go-to strategy. One competitor keeps coming to him asking for support, eventually zhuge. He made a mistake (:o) and he got caught in a city with 5000 troops and he"s crazy outnumbered.