RELIGIONS
CONFUCIANISM
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Parents
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Rulers
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rulers and fathers
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Peasants
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Detailed explanation-1: -Confucius taught that rulers had a sacred responsibility to rule virtuously. This meant ruling with self-discipline, attention to the ancient rituals, and putting the welfare and happiness of his subjects first. Ruling in this fashion, Confucius said, set an example of moral goodness for all others to follow.
Detailed explanation-2: -Confucius believed that rulers did not need to use force to return harmony to society. Confucius said: “If you govern them by means of virtue (de) and keep order among them by ritual (li), people will gain their own sense of shame and correct themselves.”
Detailed explanation-3: -Confucius’s father, Shu-liang He, had been a warrior and served as a district steward in Lu, but he was already an old man when Confucius was born. A previous marriage had given him nine daughters and a clubfooted son, and so it was with Confucius that he was finally granted a healthy heir.