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Confucian Ethics: Textbook Secondary Three Confucian Ethics: Textbook Secondary Four
Introducing Confucian Ethics Inner Sageliness and Outer Kingliness
Confucius and His Times Humanity
Confucius – An Exemplary Teacher Wisdom
Transmitters of the Confucian Way (I) Courage
—Mencius and Xun Zi
Transmitters of the Confucian Way (II) Rightness
—Zhu Xi and Wang Yangming
The Meaning of Human Existence Propriety
The Need for Self-Cultivation Trust
Learning for Self-Cultivation Practice of the Mean
The Spirit of Inquiry Making Our Nature Perfect
—Investigation of Things and Extension of
Knowledge
The Basis of Morality Loyalty and Compassion
—Making the Will Sincere and Rectifying
the Mind
Self-Reflection Establish Others as We Establish
Ourselves
Knowledge and Practice Society as a Community of Trust
The Cultivated Person Rights and Duties
Joy of Living Ideal Personalities
Parents and Children The Ideal World
Brothers and Sisters Major Developments of Confucianism in
Chinese History
—Pre-Qin to Sui-Tang
Marriage Major Developments of Confucianism in
Chinese History
—Song-Ming to the Present
Friendship Confucian Influence in East Asia
People and Nation The Relevance of Confucian Ethics to
Singapore
Self, Family and Society A Critical Review
The textbooks for secondary three and four were published in December 1984
and November 1985, respectively. The editorial committee issued revised editions
of the textbooks for these two grades in 1988 and 1989, but the passages and
content of the first and revised editions were not significantly different.
In addition to the textbooks, in May 1987 the editors of the textbooks published
a two-volume Supplementary Reading Book with stories of more than 50 charac-
ters to deepen students’ understanding of Confucianism. According to the editors,
these characters can be grouped into three main categories.
