2. CONFUCIANISM
With no clergy or gods - Confucianism is not a religion in the traditional sense
Ethical system that provides direction for personal behavior
Practiced mostly in China – about 6.3 million followers
Based on the teachings of Chinese scholar Confucius
Confucius (551–479 BC)- teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
Born at a time of crisis and violence in China
Hoped his beliefs and teachings would restore order to society.

3. CONFUCIUS
Philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental morality - correctness of social relationships -justice and sincerity
Confucius's principles - based on common Chinese tradition and belief
Believed in: strong family loyalty - ancestor worship -respect of elders by their children and of husbands by their wives
His principle "Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself", an early version of the Golden Rule

4. FIVE KEY RELATIONSHIPS
Confucius believed order, harmony, good government could be restored if society were organized around the:
FIVE KEY RELATIONSHIPS
1. RULER - SUBJECT
2. FATHER - SON
3. HUSBAND - WIFE
4. OLDER BROTHER – YOUNGER BROTHER
5. FRIEND - FRIEND

5. FIVE KEY RELATIONSHIPS
Except for friendships – none of the relationships were EQUAL
OLDER superior to YOUNGER
MEN superior to WOMEN
{Were not supposed to take
advantage of position but serve as a
guide or role model}

7. FILIAL PIETY Filial Piety is respect for one's parents and ancestors:
*to be good and take care of parents
*show love, respect, courtesy and support
*display sorrow for their sickness and death
Filial Piety emphasized in Confucianism because devotion to one's parents was associated with one's devotion to the state; it also meant honoring their parents’ memories after death

8. ANALECTS
ANALECTS: the collection of writings, sayings and ideas of Confucius