Founded by: Master Kong

Beliefs:

• People are not only responsible for themselves but others
• Success depends on the relation a person haves with others
  • Example
    • Success in a military campaign depends primarily on the Commander's relations to his soldiers; equipment and training are secondary.

• Subjective thinking
  • there is no define way to live or solve problems

Key Values of Confucianism

1. Compassion for all
2. Righteousness and justice for all
3. Propriety, proper way to maintain relationship
4. Loyalty; supporting all
5. Filial piety- welfare of parents and family
6. Honesty

Confucians stresses

• Education
• Family

Better Understanding
Let’s compare the Confucianism belief to ours in America

A person is trailed for the assassination of the president. He is sentence with the death penalty. Most Americans believe that his sentence was just. Many Confucians won’t believe that the court’s actions brought any justice, because the courts only dealt with the punishment, but what about the killer's family? What if the assassinator was the main source of income for his household? What will his children do? The Confucian try to deal with punishment, and fix any damage done to the other variables affected by the crime.


Source: http://asia.msu.edu/eastasia/China/religion.html#Taoism