h society. He saw righteousness as a social standard that helped determine and shape a person's conduct. For a person to have humanity and righteousness, society must exhibit it, but society must in turn get it from the people. He is also responsible for writing one of the four books: The Meng Tzu. The second school was brought about by Hsun-Tzu. Hsun-Tzu disagreed with Mencius. He believed that people naturally possess an evil nature but it can be corrected through moral education. For Hsun-Tzu the answer to morality lied within rituals and ceremonies (Eber 35). Hsun-Tzu thought that rituals would help establish social guidelines that would lead people to moral goodness. After the Han Dynasty came to an end, Taoism and Buddhism started to emerge and Confucianism became less prominent. Confucianism would not rise in popularity again until the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 AD). During this period, a new form of Confucianism would appear, known as Neo-Confucianism. It fused together beliefs of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. The influence of Confucianism can still be seen today in many Chinese festivals. One such festival is the Duan Wu Yjie, or the Dragon Boat Festival. The festival is in honor of a Chinese patriot and Confucianist, Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan was born around 340 BC, in a time known as The Warring States. He was a nobleman in the kingdom of Chu, so he had the privilege of being educated from youth. Word of his intellect eventually spread to King Huai and he was appointed to his court in his twenties. Qu Yuan felt that the state of Qin possessed the largest threat to the state of Chu so at his suggestion, the six-nation alliance was formed. In Chu Qu Yuan learned of the people's disdain with the aristocracy so he attempted to suggest to King Huai to attract better people to the court. Before he could succeed, the court convinced the king that Qu Yuan was arrogant and was not showing him the proper respect so Qu Yuan was dismissed from...
