Q2. What is their life-long career?
Q3. How much do you know about them
and their teachings? Suggested answers:
1. They are Confucius, Mencius, and Mozi. 2. They are private teachers. 3. Open question. Step 2. Vocabulary.
Know the meaning of the following words and use some of the words to complete the gaps. Equal importance look after philosopher philosophy Ruler state teachings thinker treat war
In ancient China, private teachers traveled from state to s_______ explaining their p________ Confucius was the most important of the ancient Chinese p________ Confucius’s t_________ influenced society for more than 2000 years. Other important t_______ included Mencius and Mozi. All three teachers believed in the
i_________ of kindness and good government. Mencius’s ideas were very similar to those of Confucius, but some of Mozi’s t_________ were very different. For example, he hated the idea of w_____ and believed that strong people should l_________ weaker people. Suggested answers:
1. state 2. philosophy 3. philosophers 4. teachings 5. thinkers 6. importance 7. teachings 8. war 9. look after
Step 3 Read the passage above again and answer the following questions. Q1. Which ancient philosophers were mentioned in the passage? Q2. What did they all believe in?
Q3. In what way were Confucius’ ideas different from Mozi’s ideas? Suggested ideas.
1. Confucius, Mencius, and Mozi.
2. They all believe in the importance of kindness and good government.
3. Mozi hated the idea of war and believed that strong people should look after weaker people.
Step 4 Read the following statements. Translate them into Chinese first and then tick the ideas that Confucius taught.
1. Man is born good
2. All human beings are equal.
3. The family is important. We are members of a group. 4. Treat others in the way you want to be treated. 5. People are more important than rulers 6. We should love all human beings. Suggested answers:
1. 人之初性本善。 2. 众生平等。
3. 家庭重要，我们是群体的成员。 4. 以其人之道还治其人之身。 5. 民为贵，君为轻。 6. 我们应爱所有的人。
Confucius idea: 3, 4.
Step 5 Function Giving Reasons a. Presentation: