Ethan Montoya The Tao of Pooh, and Contemporary Contexts of Confucianism. The Tao of Pooh is a book about how this person writes this “Tao of Pooh” which he describes as how to stay happy and calm under all circumstances. He then starts having a conversation with the person he refers to as the unbeliever about how Winnie the Pooh and the Tao he is writing about is the same thing; they go back and forth debating this idea. We then learn the inspiration behind the author writing this and it was to explain the principles of Taoism through Winnie the Pooh and vice versa. The author then begins writing himself having conversations with the characters from Winnie the Pooh and begins explaining to him Taoism and what it is and means by telling Winnie …show more content…
The paper then goes into how past events have led to the push in China to enact Confucianism into politics, such as the first opium war. The paper then goes into many movements that had a role in forming Confucianism, such as the May Fourth movement amongst many others that pushed for reformation of culture in China. Confucianism was not totally rejected in the past with multiple intellectuals supporting the idea and soon traditional belief was replaced with these new ideas. Confucianism then began to have an effect economically in China with the entire country focusing on economic growth however this focus was not successful and it was then determined that these failures were happening because Confucianism was being refrained from. Confucianism was successful in helping economic growth however it was not good for the politics in China due to the fact that Confucianism was morally and ethically focused which made skills in politics lacking. Confucianism had its share of defects, which included the inability to maintain a balanced political power system due to the idea that there wasn't a way to determine duties and rights. Another defect was that Confucianism was very self-focused, so it was unlikely people would push their families aside to focus on themselves. Confucianism in modern-day China is still present through