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Which statement summarises confucianism? so we have four statements here.
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Let's go through them.
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First of all, statement a.
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Rulers who unify large countries have the blessing of the gods should rule until they fail to meet their obligations.
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That's not confucianism.
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That's closest to the mandate of heaven.
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The idea in chinese dynastic rule that heaven blesses good rulers.
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Rulers.
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If a ruler is not good, heaven will withdraw that mandate and they'll be overthrown.
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B.
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Society benefits when people who are naturally good honour obligations to live virtuous lives.
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Yes, this is confucianism.
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So there are three interesting points here.
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First of all, people are naturally good.
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So confucianism is typically called humanistic.
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It is individually focused and it has an optimistic view of human nature...