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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
“Be respectful at home, serious at work, faithful in human relations. Even if you go to uncivilized areas, these virtues [good qualities] are not to be abandoned.
A
Daoism (Taoism)
B
Confucianism
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -"Be respectful at home, serious at work, faithful in human relations. Even if you go to uncivilized areas, these virtues (good qualities) are not to be abandoned.” “Seeing that our body, with hair and skin, is derived from our parents, we should not allow it to be injured in any way.

Detailed explanation-2: -The concepts of respect for autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice and the moral values of these four prima facie principles have been expressly identified in Confucius’ ethics.

Detailed explanation-3: -Within Confucianism there are five constant virtues or wu chang (). In descending order of importance, the virtues are benevolence or ren (), righteousness or yi (), propriety or li (), wisdom or zhi () and fidelity or xin ().

Detailed explanation-4: -Confucius believes that if every person can put the virtues of courtesy, generosity, good faith, diligence, and kindness into practice, then everything under heaven will be humane, through the means of the “harmony chain".

Detailed explanation-5: -Confucius based his system of ethics on six virtues: xi, zhi, li, yi, wen, and ren. Each of these attributes has a different meaning and focus, allowing any person to easily focus on and identify an area for improvement or meditation.

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