Moral Values In China

Morals are individual, personal principles or habits that signifies right or wrong conduct, while Ethics are rules of conduct recognised to a particular social system, it is usually consistent though it may change if beliefs change.

China has a rich history that consists of at least 5000 years of history. During this 5000 years, there were many great teachers and scholars like Lao Tzu, Li Bai and Sima Qian to name a few. They helped build the foundation of today’s China with teachings of philosophy, culture and morals. One of the many great and revolutionary teachers is Confucius, he lived from 551BC – 479BC and created Confucianism. Confucianism is a religion or philosophy which teaches an elaborate set of rules and practices which inculcates

There was one occasion when I was trying to get into a public bus, I was pushed abruptly aside by a couple. I was amused and irked by this gesture, thus from then on I had a bad impression of the Chinese from China. Most of this bad behaviour stems from the political and economical reform in 1978 which caused a negative impact on the social development of China. The negative impact on the social development of China cause them to revere material wealth. Their blind worship of material success, affected moral values and complicated their character paradigm. These bad behaviours also happen as studies have shown that conflict between self-interest and limited resources will agitate people thus them becoming more inclined to be ruder if they feel that their personal space is being

There was one occasion when I saw a Caucasian and Chinese man fighting at a mall in Shanghai over a faulty power bank. The power bank could not be charged fully and the Caucasian man accused the Chinese store owner of cheating his money. Things got heated up pretty quickly and in the blink of an eye, fists were flying and kicks were landed on each other. The Chinese man left the scene with a broken nose and the Caucasian man left the scene bleeding profusely from his head. In this scenario, the Caucasian and Chinese man were from different cultures so they could not fully understand each other thus causing a misunderstanding which results in a world of hurt for both parties. This is related to social behaviour as Caucasians are known to be blunt and dead honest, thus they will not hesitate to insult someone, whereas the Chinese felt threatened when his personal space was being violated which in this case was the accusation of him being a cheat. Because of this, there was a misunderstanding which turned into a conflict between the two different races which are from disparate