WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Confucianism is an ancient Chinese belief system, which focuses on the importance of personal ethics and morality. Whether it is only or a philosophy or also a religion is debated. Confucianism is a philosophy and belief system from ancient China, which laid the foundation for much of Chinese culture.

Detailed explanation-2: -The founder of Confucianism was a man named Kong Qi. He later was known as Kong Fuzi, or Master Kong. In the West, he is called Confucius. He was born in 551 B.C. in northeastern China in the state of Lu.

Detailed explanation-3: -Confucianism is one of the most influential religious philosophies in the history of China, and it has existed for over 2, 500 years. It is concerned with inner virtue, morality, and respect for the community and its values.

Detailed explanation-4: -History of Taoism Taoism is regarded as the oldest of China’s three religion-philosophies (Confucianism and Buddhism are the other two).

Detailed explanation-5: -Confucianism and Taoism (Daoism), later joined by Buddhism, constitute the “three teachings” that have shaped Chinese culture. There are no clear boundaries between these intertwined religious systems, which do not claim to be exclusive, and elements of each enrich popular or folk religion.

Detailed explanation-6: -Confucianism is often characterized as a system of social and ethical philosophy rather than a religion. In fact, Confucianism built on an ancient religious foundation to establish the social values, institutions, and transcendent ideals of traditional Chinese society.