Where and when did you hear of it for the first time in you life ?
2007-09-21 14:41:44 · 39 answers · asked by Gone 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Kindegarden, when I was 4, we had 2 classes each week that the teacher taught us old Chinese poems or Confucianism.
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子曰: 有朋自遠方而來,不亦悅乎!
2007-09-21 18:20:36 · answer #1 · answered by Aileen HK 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When I was in grade-school in the 60s, there were jokes that started with "Confucius say." I think it came from the old Dick Tracy cartoon which had a stereotypical Asian character called "Joe Jitsu."
Later, I learned a little bit about Confucianism when I was in high school and we studied Chinese history.
I used to read about religion a lot, and I'm pretty sure I had an English translation of a book by Confucius; I think it was called "The Analects" or something like that.
I got really interested in Taoism for a while, and I still have copies of the Tao Te Ching and Chuang Tzu.
2007-09-21 14:57:35 · answer #2 · answered by majnun99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard of it. I first heard of Confucius when I was seven, but the first time I learned about Confucianism was in August.
I was attending an extra school session in the summer (not the summer schools you're thinking of), and I had to write a report on it.
2007-09-21 14:51:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first time I heard about Confucianism wasn't particularly memorable.
2007-09-21 14:53:47 · answer #4 · answered by elephant_in_the_delta_waves 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, I know of Confucianism. First? probably back in grade school. I can recall hearing "Confucius says..." and asking who or what that was. But not until college did I learn more about those who actually revere and adhere to a following of
Confucius. It seemed rather empty compared to the personal faith I had come to know and follow in Jesus.
2007-09-21 14:51:20 · answer #5 · answered by CHos3n 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did when I was about 19 or 20 years old.
2007-09-21 14:47:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was aware of Conficianism as a young boy, maybe 12 Y.O., I grew up in NYC where we had a large Chinese population (for the US). The teachings of Confusius were quite interesting to me.
Good luck with your survey.
2007-09-22 06:35:30 · answer #7 · answered by Partisanshipsux 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard about the philosophy as a 10 year old, back in the 1960s.
2007-09-21 14:47:09 · answer #8 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hey, I just posted a survey too..
Yes, I have heard of it. I think it is an Asian religion from China or something!
2007-09-21 14:49:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I heard about it in 7th grade world history, two years ago. It sounded like a good philosophy to me.
2007-09-21 14:54:47 · answer #10 · answered by JavaGirl ~AM~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋