Part I: The Analytical – Historical Approach
Visions of Great Peace: Thinking through Chinese Religions on Personal and Socio-Political Harmony
The Lunyu (Analects), a central text of the Ruist (“Confucian”) tradition, tells us,1 “When three people are walking together, my teacher is bound to be among them. I pick out people’s good points and follow them. When I see their bad points, I correct them in myself” (7.22). Similarly, the Daode jing (Scripture on the Dao and Inner Power), a key sacred text in the Daoist tradition, explains, “Thus, considering good people,/They are the teachers of those who lack goodness./Considering individuals who lack goodness,/They are materials for those who are good” (ch. 27; also ...
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