WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Confucius promises a government that cares for the people, that makes their well-being its primary concern. This is to govern by virtue. And virtue creates its own legitimacy: paternalistic, affectionate care of the people by the rulers is sure to be reciprocated by the people’s trust and obedience.

Detailed explanation-2: -Confucian political theory emphasized conflict resolution through mediation, rather than through the application of abstract rules to establish right and wrong in order to achieve social harmony. The belief that the state was the moral guardian of the people was reflected in a number of institutions.

Detailed explanation-3: -Confucianism addressed all aspects of Chinese social interactions, and created a strict social hierarchy governing relationships between ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, elderly and young and among friends.