Sociology

Civilization
Civilization is the stage of cultural development at which writing and the keeping of written records is attained ( civilization , 2010). The term also refers to the culture characteristic of a particular time and place. Also, it is a descriptive word for a standard development of living thus the term civilized is used when describing a city, believing that it is of high living standard with its urbanism.

Civilization is a great part of social science, the branch of science, which deals with studying society and the impact of their behavior to the world ( what is social science , 2010). In societal context, studying civilization is essential to understand the human interactions which resulted to the development of society, government and culture since the past, during the present time and events which will most likely be occuring in the future.

Studying civilization explains the reason behind that it is the basis of social order. It is likely to tell that a society is civilized if there is distinguished development since the past of their system of livelihood, form of government, refinement of thought and manners, culture and advancement in tecnology. Civilization is unending and continuously develops as human behavior changes beoming part of social science.

Chinese Philosophies
The influence of Confuncius has been existent all over China for about 2,000 years already. Confucius is the most known teacher, philosopher, and political theorist ( confucius , 2010). He developed Confucianism, a philophy based on kindness, love and respect teaches the key to harmonious relationships among families and friends is education. According to him, family, school, temples, and government are essential institutions which can give moral lessons.

Siddhartha Gautama, known as Buddha, is the founder of Buddhism. This philosophy actually originated in India in 560. Harmony, for Buddha, could be achieved by following the middle path. The best way of living and finding a solution would be abstaining from too much self pleasure and too much asceticism. Buddhism teachings can be summarized in the Four Noble Truth and Eightfold Path ( buddhism , 2010).

Daoism is a philosphy developed by Lao Tzu. In Chinese, Dao means way. It has influenced Chinese as well believing that Dao is the way of human life ( daoism , 2010). There are two types of Daoism, philosophical and religious. The first one states that Dao should be spent wisely while the latter explains that Dao should be increased.