ST. PAUL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
GRADUATE SCHOOL
Name: OLIVER P. GAS-IB
Subject: PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
Course: MST SOCIAL STUDIES
Date: February 1, 2020
CONFUCIUS 2010: A Movie Analysis
In the first part of the film, Confucius or Kong Qiu enters
the
palace.
room.
Lu
Dinggong,
the
ruler,
then
enters
the
main
The Duke says that since Kong Qiu has been mayor for a
year, he has noticed that in Zhongdu the streets are safer, the
home
more
secure.
He
says
he
wants
to
see
these
policies
applied throughout the Kingdom of Lu! The Duke says that Lord Ji
Yiru Pingzi has recently died and his oldest son Ji Sunsi has
become
Army.
the
Prime
Minister
and
the
Chief
General
But the position of Minister of Law is vacant.
Kong Qiu to take this position.
of
the
He wants
He adds that Kong Qiu and his
disciples could civilize the Kingdom of Lu.
Kong Qiu accepts.
Following that event, Kong Qiu was immediately confronted
with an issue challenging his ethical behaviour when he saved a
slave-boy from being buried alive together with his dead master.
But he was able to defend his contention through his wits and
logical reasoning. He said that it’s high time to remove that
traditional practice is out-dated and that "Ritual murder is
still murder." Murder is still considered murder no matter how
it is done. Gen. Gongshan Niu gets up and says that it was Lord
Ji
Yiru
him.
Pingzi's
dying
wish
to
have
this
slave
buried
with
Kong Qiu replies that he heard the Lord say many times
that he could not live without Gen. Gongshan.
And since the
Lord was so close to the General, the Lord must still need the
General now that he has gone on to the next life. The person who
insisted for the continuation of the practice was challenged by
Confucius, “Never impose on others what you would not choose for
yourself.”
It’s
the
“Golden
Rule”
and
the
essence
of
real
ST. PAUL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
GRADUATE SCHOOL
Name: OLIVER P. GAS-IB
Subject: PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
Course: MST SOCIAL STUDIES
Date: February 1, 2020
compassion. Not compassion as in looking down on someone and
have pity for another, this is no real compassion. Compassion
means seeing another person 100% equal to ourselves (in value,
not in differentials on the surface which ultimately do not
matter). In fact it is seeing us in every other person. And
therefore we cannot harm anyone without also harming ourselves.
It doesn’t mean to lose individuality or self-worth, on the
contrary
–
but
the
other
person
earns
the
same
gift.
The
General, once again, becomes infuriated with Kong Qiu, but the
great scholar gets a rousing applause from the audience.
And
the slave boy is released.
Confucius becomes Acting Minister of the Interior in the Lu
Court.
This starts up a small group of nobles that wish harm to
come to Kong Qui. Confucius reflected deeply on the eternal laws
of morality, tracing them to their source, saturated his mind
with a sense of the duties they impose instinctively on all men,
and determined to make them the unalterable rule of all his
actions.
From
that
day
forward
his
career
was
only
an
illustration of his ethical system. He began to instruct his
countrymen in the principle of morality, exhibiting in his own
person
all
the
virtues
he
instilled
in
others.
Confucius
believed that the ethic of an ideal ruler would translate to a
moral
state.
The
ideal
ruler
would
cultivate
virtues
of
benevolence toward others, a general sense of doing what is
right, loyalty and diligence in serving one’s superiors.
Kong
Qiu
dreams
of
talking
teach.
Laozi tells him:
sorts.
Chaos is everywhere.
with
the
revered
Laozi
"Kong Qiu, these times are out of
But still you go your own way
teaching benevolence and harmony.
. . . you must stop trying. .
ST. PAUL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
GRADUATE SCHOOL
Name: OLIVER P. GAS-IB
Subject: PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
Course: MST SOCIAL STUDIES
Date: February 1, 2020
. . Maybe no contribution is the true contribution."
says he has to try to make a contribution.
own path.
Laozi says:
Kong Qiu
He has to follow his
"Then you must learn to tolerate man's
many errors."
With two horses and a cart Kong Qiu goes into exile. He
leaves the Kingdom of Lu and begins wandering from state to
state.
Generally,
Confucius
disciples
were
not
young
and
enthusiastic. He preferred middle age men who were sober, grave,
respectable,
and
occupied
public
situations.
This
fact
cast
light on both the character and design of his philosophy. It was
moral, not religious, and aimed exclusively at fitting men for
conducting
themselves
honorably
and
carefully
in
this
life.
Confucius travelled through many states, some of them he was
welcomed, while in others he wasn’t appreciated.
Diqiu, capital of the Kingdom of Wei.
disciples arrive at the city gates.
The master and his
They are permitted to talk
with the king, who invites Konq Qiu to educate his people.
academy will be build for the master.
An
The king says he also
needs his soldiers trained, because Wei is surrounded by enemies
on all sides.
a
brilliant
little
He has heard, after all, that the master is quite
military
experience
consist
of
tactician.
with
continuous
the
Kong
military.
self-improvement
Qiu
says
This
and
he
has
education
frequent
very
would
social
interaction.
Confucius returns to the Kingdom of Lu, ending his years of
wandering.
front
of
He gets down on his knees and makes a deep bow in
the
city
walls.
He
returned home after all this time.
cries
thinking
about
having
ST. PAUL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
GRADUATE SCHOOL
Name: OLIVER P. GAS-IB
Subject: PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
Course: MST SOCIAL STUDIES
Date: February 1, 2020
Confucius taught us about the principle of Ren or Jen –
humanness. The relates to the “Golden Rule” This term is best
described by Confucius version of the Golden Rule, “Do not do to
other what you would not like them to do to you.”
Confucius was a man of great vision. The politics of his
time
did
not
allow
his
philosophy
to
flourish,
but
he
did
provide an awakening to human king. He was perceived then and
now
as
a
enormously
heroic
influence
conscience.
Confucius
today,
unfortunately,
but
teaching
they
remains
are
not
always taken to heart or practiced. Today’s politicians could
learn
much
from
his
teaching.
One
of
Confucius’s
principal
legacies, the notion of the enlightened civil servant, is not a
prevalent as it should be in the modern word. Humankind moves
forward, but sometimes we forget to bring the greatness of our
history with us.