Chinese Core virtues and the five elements

 The Chinese five core values:

. . . of the five elements: 仁 humanity, 禮 propriety, 信 sincerity, 義 fairness and 智 wisdom.
Humanity is 仁 ren. This is the virtue of the element wood, expressed as Spring in nature and in people as the ability to treat others with humanity, to strive forward with vision and power acting with benevolence, compassion and equanimity.

Propriety is 禮 li. This is the virtue of the element fire, expressed as Summer in nature and in people as the ability to build a well ordered society, to express love, warmth and good spirits, and to do so with conscious action, appropriateness and human sensitivity.

Sincerity is 信 xin. This is the virtue of the element earth, expressed as Harvest in nature and in people as the ability to be true to our word, to find a centredness within ourselves with a faithfulness to others.

Fairness is 義 yi. This is the virtue of the element metal, expressed as Autumn in nature and in people as the ability to know right action, natural balance and moral principle and the value of being fully present.

Wisdom is 智 zhi. This is the virtue of the element water, expressed as Winter in nature and in people as the ability to act with embodied skill and to have the inner self reflection which results in true knowledge.
 Other resources to share:
Russian educators working on Moral education

http://www.kindbook.com/virtues_en.htm

virtuesinmelbourne: 52 Virtues

virtuesinmelbourne: 52 Virtues: " By reading and practising these 52 virtues, we keep reminding us that we have gems within us which need us 'dig ' them and 'polish' them...."

52 Virtues

By reading and practising these 52 virtues, we keep reminding us that we have gems within us which need us "dig " them and "polish" them.
Acceptance Accountability Appreciation Assertiveness Beauty Caring Cheerfulness Commitment Compassion Cooperation Courtesy Decisiveness Detachment Determination Diligence Discernment Empathy	Endurance Excellence Fairness Faithfulness Fidelity Flexibility Forbearance Forgiveness Fortitude Friendliness Generosity Gentleness Grace Gratitude Helpfulness Honesty	Honor Hope Humanity Humility Idealism Independence Initiative Integrity Joyfulness Justice Kindness Love Loyalty Mercy Mindfulness Moderation	Modesty Nobility Openness Optimism Orderliness Patience Peacefulness Perceptiveness Perseverance Purposefulness Reliability Resilience Respect Responsibility Righteousness Sacrifice	Self-Discipline Serenity Service Simplicity Sincerity Steadfastness Strength Tact Thoughtfulness Tolerance Trust Trustworthiness Understanding Unity Wisdom Wonder Zeal

The first step to the thousand journey

Many years ago, I found a book The Family Virtue Guide from a friend of mine in China. Almost immediately I fell in love with this philosophy: using virtue language to develop our innermost beauty in daily life. Implementing in the classes I was teaching , I was amazed by the power of this simple but effective way. Since then, I had virtue training and then became a virtue training facilitator. I did children classes, parenting workshops as well as the teacher training workshops.

Now, after moved back to Melbourne in 2009, I realized that I can still do something with the virtue project. This is the first step of my journey in Melbourne. I wish more children, parents and their families, schools can benefit from this virtue project in Melbourne.


http://www.virtuesproject.com/index.php