Early Chinese Thought

Paper instructions:
Early Chinese Thought
Need to answer following question. 3-5 sentences, but thoughtfully and correctly, please.
QUESTION 1
1.    In the Analects 4:10, Confucius states that “The superior person in the world is not for anything or

against anything; he follows what is right.” What does that mean, in the context of the other things

Confucius teaches?
QUESTION 2
1.    What could Confucius offer for justifying his reply to the Duke of She in Analects 13:18?
QUESTION 3
1.    According to Mencius, what are the things that people have in common that allow each person to

become virtuous?
QUESTION 4
1.    What, in summary form, is Xunzi’s argument against Mencius’s claim that human nature is good?
QUESTION 5
1.    In Ban Zhao’s lessons for her daughters, and women in general, she distinguishes a set of women’s

virtues from those of men. Do these virtues seem to reinforce secondary status of women in a Confucian

society or to elevate their status? Explain.