Confucianism

- Date founded: 6th-5th cent. BC - (See Symbols in Chinese Religion)- Place founded: China - (See Religion in China)- Founder: Confucius (551-479 BC) - (See Chinese religion history)- Adherents: 5-6 million - (See Religion Statistics).

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Confucianism is a way of life taught by Confucius in the 6th–5th century BC. Sometimes viewed as a philosophy, sometimes as a religion, Confucianism is perhaps best understood as an all-encompassing humanism that neither denies nor slights heaven. It has deeply influenced spiritual and political life in China

Confucianism

Confucius was born in 551 BC in the small feudal state of Lu in what is now Shantung Province.Confucius developed concepts about education, society and government that he hoped to put into practice in a political career. But his loyalty to the king alienated him from the power holders of the time, the large Chi families, and his moral rectitude did not sit well with the king's inner circle, who enraptured the king with sensuous delights.

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