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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which belief system believed that the Chinese needed to return to a code of morals?
A
Confucianism
B
Daoism
C
Legalism
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Confucianism is an ancient Chinese belief system, which focuses on the importance of personal ethics and morality.

Detailed explanation-2: -Robert Oxnam :: Confucian teaching rests on three essential values: Filial piety, humaneness, and ritual.

Detailed explanation-3: -Strictly speaking, there is no term in Chinese which directly corresponds to “Confucianism". In the Chinese language, the character rú meaning “scholar” or “learned” or “refined man” is generally used both in the past and the present to refer to things related to Confucianism.

Detailed explanation-4: -Confucius’ ethics basically asserts that filial piety and fraternal love are the roots of humaneness, the foundation and origin of human morality; all social goods are extensions of family ethics.

Detailed explanation-5: -Confucianism The Confucian idea of Order was based on emulating ancient wisdom. This means that each person must perform certain roles. It is not the person who chooses the role: roles are given by the place a person has in the community. In Confucianism, the role constitutes what the person does – and is.

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