how is the self emphasized/de-emphasized in islam and china?
in chinese theory: emphasized. because peace within your self is a prime theme in terms of the taoist/buddhist/confucian traditions. although it stresses the importance of relationships and filial piety and respecting your elders and the significance of God's presence, confucius stressed the importance of learning through experience and growing to reach our full potential and essentially evolving. confucianism associates with humanity and more humanistic themes than islam. moreover, another confucian thought process would be: in order to truly get something out of our mistakes and such and learning from them, it's best if we know the consequences so the mistake doesn't happen in the first place (hopefully) as opposed to being punished later for it and not really knowing what's going on. a sense of shame is good, because then we can grow into a better person given the rules of decorum that reel us in, etc.
the tao te china: lots of confucianist/taoist themes.
etc etc etc.
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