Confucianism Beliefs : Into Chinese Religion

Confucianism Beliefs: Into Chinese Religion:

Confucianism Beliefs: Into Chinese Religion

One of the "Three Teachings" of Chinese religious Culture is "Confucianism".

A Chinese philosopher who lived in the 6th century BCE known as Kongzi (Confucius) is  recognized as the founder of Confucianism

Confucius is considered as one of the most important and influential individuals in shaping human history. 
Many people have been impacted by his teaching and philosophy and he remains influential today also.

One of well-known principle is Golden Rule - 

"Do not do unto others what you do not want done to yourself"

One of his teachings was a variant of the Golden Rule, sometimes called the "Silver Rule" owing to its negative form:

己所不欲，勿施於人。

"What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others."

子貢問曰：“有一言而可以終身行之者乎？”子曰：“其恕乎！己所不欲、勿施於人。”

Zi Gong [a disciple] asked: "Is there any one word that could guide a person throughout life?"
The Master replied: "How about 'reciprocity'! Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself."

Analects XV.24, tr. David Hinton

He is also a traditional deity in Taoism which contributed folk religion. of China.

As in  Confucianism  "some basic psycho-social functions of full-fledged religions are performed, It may be regarded as religious, even if non-theistic.


Confucianism beliefs are that human beings can be improved and taught to become the best version of themselves. They can become perfect through personal and communal endeavor,e especially self-cultivation and self-creation.



The Confucianism beliefs  and  ethical concepts, practices include 

• rén,
• yì, 
• and lǐ, 
• and zhì. 

Confucianism Beliefs : Into Chinese Religion

Rén (仁, 'benevolence' or 'humaneness') means the essence of the human being which manifests as compassion. It is like the high moral standards of Heaven.

Confucianism Beliefs : Into Chinese Religion

Yì (義/义) means act to upholding righteousness and the moral disposition to do good.

Confucianism Beliefs : Into Chinese Religion

Lǐ (禮/礼) means a system of ritual norms and propriety that determines how a person should properly act in everyday life in harmony with the law of Heaven.

Confucianism Beliefs : Into Chinese Religion

Zhì (智) means the ability to see what is right and fair, or the converse, in the behaviors exhibited by others. 

xiào

According to Confucius, A good society can be found if one practice respecting his elders and ancestors. This practices called piety ( 孝, xiào). Piety means both religious and spiritually and can be considered as more oriented towards humanity. 


Xiaojing ("Book of Piety") is a book that talks about a conversation between Confucius and his student Zeng Shen (曾參). The motive of conversation is about setting up a good society using the principle of xiào


On spirituality, His reply to one of his student  Chi Lu was

You are not yet able to serve men, how can you serve spirits?

This tells about the ideology of human compassion and works toward humanity.

You may also want to see below two awesome books on Confucianism

1. The Wisdom of Confucius
2. Analects - (Based on Confucius teachings and was written by his disciples).

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