Think you are over thinking it - lol - the staue was ugly and too small. To see the proper staue vist Confucius' hometown in Jining in East China. The whole Chinese consitution is based on confusious and dowosim where collectiism and socialy structure and harmony with sociaity and nature is the Chinese way. Not some liberal idiology on indiviualism - lol - which leads to corruption of the indivual and division with familiy, religion,society and nature.

Turtles stories sounds like question of "Who create god ?"

I would guess that the main reasons for so few Chinese philosophy programs would be 1) perceived difficulty of the subject, as it comes from a tradition a lot of westerners aren't familiar with and Chinese is a lot harder to learn than Greek or German, 2) it's not what people are used to so it's not thought of as important to include, especially with the limited resources that philosophy departments have, and 3) there's not as much demand for it. This kind of creates a vicious cycle that keeps it more obscure.

“Wait Jeffery you gotta stop. The sponsors are upset with what you’re saying”. ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 I love ❤️ Dr Sachs.

Great lecture! I think my big question is why didn't the Chinese use/develop an alphabet system? Obviously I'm kinda biased here, as my native language is English and every language I've had classes in uses an alphabet, but it seems that alphabets are really efficient in that they are flexible, easy and quick to write, and can be learned very quickly. I was thinking that maybe the Chinese language is just uniquely suited for its characters, or that they allow for what would be larger paragraphs of text to be written in a smaller space.

every now and then, dr sachs gets near reality in his public speech, which is reassuring. normally, he is more polite, in hope of making progress, however small. but reality is real. the usg is hopelessly corrupt, and widely separated from notion of public good, still less concerned with world peace and justice. if you think words will work, play close attention to him. but i think the public speeches of v. putin are more useful. and the nonsense you hear from j. biden also very useful, in a consistent negative sense. whoever is pulling his strings, lately necessary to direct his steps, is likely to start a war. no amount of reason from dr sachs can save usa from starting a war. greed and arrogance direct usa, and no element of fear.

i'd rather be present and learn from a lecture of Chinese Phylosophy by the Chinese, rather than from an American propogandised persepctive! The fatal flaw is, I do not know Mandarine nor Cantonese, however I do know American bullshitery!

Mr Moderator, Professor Sachs exposed in a nutshell the diabolical nature of the white American imperialism in just 5 minutes. The cat's out of the bag. You're way too late to shut him off! 😡😡😡😡

Thank you for posting such an amazing lecture! Mengzi and Mozi. Mozi is practical but Mengzi is the Second Sage of the East.

This was awesome! Fascinating and hugely informative. Re the first questioner …. There is a psychosis called parasitosis, a psychiatric condition, involving the delusional sensation of insects crawling all over one’s body. Was diagnosed with it. Treatable.

Mahayana, should not be called buddhism. If buddha did not teach it.- it is something else, thats ok. But dont call it. buddhism

Hi, Prof. Norden. I'm studying Mengzi in class, but I'm still confused about 「自賊者也；謂其君不能者，賊其君者也。」What does 賊 mean here in English instead of "steal"? probably "damage"?

From where does the last chapter (chapter 8 ) start ?

Liars hate the TRUTH. The TRUTH hurts and many oppose it and will do anything to keep you from hearing it. A hog loves filth and those who hide truth dwell in filth. It takes boldness and courage to speak TRUTH. Those who protect lies are cowards and weak.

what a brave man

are some Daoist plant base /vegetarian ...?

All is one is the wool being pulled over your eyes by the snake. Only fools believe in a single force of complete power omnipresent and cruel god who sends both good and evil. The Cathars represent the Gnostic denial of false unity consciousness (the wool pulled over your eyes.) which is the illusion that their is one all powerful cruel god controlling everything when in fact the Good Creator Amen Ra (which means the Light From Stars) and Osiris (father of man)is battling for our souls with Seth (Satan)and Apophis (the 7 headed dragon). Satan and the Dragon-snake.

I'm watching this series as an introduction to Chinese Philosophy , and I'm gaining much more insight than I was anticipating. Thank you for making these videos - they deserve much more attention than they have received so far.

In Japan, Confucianism is often vilified as one school of thought that has done a lot of harm to the integrity of Japan and still continues to exert undesirable influences to the people's ideological background. I bought into that idea so I've been blindly against anything Confucianism especially the ethics even though, as you've pointed out, it comes in different flavours. This is a fascinating lecture and is making me reconsider the way I look at Confucianism. Thank you.

What a disgrace of a moderator and simply not of the same calibre and intellect of his guests.

He should have been given an English name "kown Fu Tsie"

It is rather confusing!

Eric Clapton played guitar on "While my guitar gently weeps"

Thank you professor Van Norden , Very clear delivery and Im grateful for the summary - structure and spirit - this is only the second lecture of yours which I have watched But I look forward to the opportunity to following some of the others - you had mentioned the separation between Confucianism and Buddhism that Neo Confucianism bridges but I’m curious to know more about the conceptual idealogical premise for these differences and the their alignments? 🙏 thank you

(Its pronounced "Yee Szhing")

That was fascinating. My own projection onto the 13:3 passage is that it is, at one level, an injunction to rationality, on the principle that one cannot have moral order without intellectual order.

Deeply grateful - although I am aware of Confucius and have read the Analects - your lucid delivery has really put his life and the Analects into perspective - I wish I’d been introduced to his work so concisely when I was younger 🙏

Do you know how to play go?

Thank you

How delightful! I appreciate your lectures

Thank you Professor❤

Nice talk thank you

Neo Confucians sounds just like taoism when it comes to explaining reality

TY for posting your lectures, benefiting humanity.🙏

Midel figer relgion

Dr.Sachs gets cut off for telling the truth

Another opportunistic misrepresentation of cores of Confucius.

Sadly, Zhu Xi had some major flawed thoughts, had made his name associated with 猪糞。He had introdiced major corruption of Confucius ideology, he twisted the observation of the goodness of human nature into the belief that human nature is good erroneously ! Then he had been used to legitimize dictatorship, and had poisoned the Chinese minds for over à thousand years.

This was good. And you can actually pronounce Chinese, so I know your research and commentary come from a viewpoint of honest interest. That's my litmus test - it's like a proof of applied integrity. Edit - didn't like the Schrodinger's cat part. You could ask a physicist about that. But overall I really liked the presentation.

Very informative and cogent. Thank you very much.

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The 5 Skandhas do not refer to elements that constitute the "universe", but rather, the experiences we have that create or make up our sense of "I", "ego", or "self". The skandhas relate to how we conceive/form our sense of "self", not the "world" per se. For instance, we experience rupa (things, environment, etc) and attach to it, forming a sense of ourselves as we identify with those things/situations. We have physical sensations and feelings (vedana) and identify with them, creating a sense of our ego. We have various mental perceptions (samjna) of the world and environment and attach to it, forming a sense of ourselves as we identify with it. We have our opinions, beliefs, likes and dislikes (samskara), and attach and identify with it, forming a sense of our ego. We have the underlying consciousness that is aware of all these things, and we attach to it, forming a sense of our self. These are gradations of experience from gross to subtle, that we attach to and identify with, that ultimately inform and create our "ego." But otherwise, enjoying your informative lectures.

So after working on keeping the country safe for years, I can’t take a week off to relax with my new dancing girls?

15:00 "the pathways of right and wrong are snarled" Tao Te Ching - without wrong there would be no right. Chuang talked about using no-finger to point to finger.

There is a line of inquiry among scholars as to whether Laozi preceded Chuangzi or vice versa..I am sure that the philosophical concept of Tao was not original to Lao or Chuang. Taoism can be thought of as an evolutionary extension of shamanism...

Sachs clearly favors the Chinese & Russian form of Govt. In his interview w Piers Morgan,when asked, as an Amrrican, he could not,curiously, say of anything good or positive of/by the US..Forums like this should have other guests who may have other alternative views,for balanced programming.

Really loved your mencius audiobook. I dont have such an audiobook to my knowledge in korea 😅, though there are books. Anyway constantly listening to it, and even in a confucian country in korea, i know more about mencius than any of my peers or elders, as a newzealander myself.

The use of yarrow stalks makes it a plant-spirit communication-divination-magic…. -Gordon White

40:49 -“you’re not a crafty person”. You’re a craftsman of words.

Your videos are excellent!