Founded by Confucius in the 5th century, it was born out of the tradition of rites and music in the Zhou Dynasty. It takes benevolence, forgiveness, honesty and filial piety as its core values, emphasizes the moral cultivation of gentlemen, emphasizes that benevolence and etiquette complement each other, attaches importance to five ethics and family ethics, advocates enlightenment and benevolent government, despises taxes, attacks tyranny, tries to rebuild the order of rites and music, changes customs, protects the country and benefits the people, and is rich in the ideal of joining the WTO and humanistic spirit.
Confucianism founded by Confucius has formed a complete ideological system on the basis of summarizing, generalizing and inheriting the traditional culture of respecting relatives in Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties.
Sima Qian said in Historical Records of Confucius' Family: "Confucius wrote the Spring and Autumn Period because of historical records, and went up to Yin Gong, and eventually lost 12 Gong in 14 years. According to Lu, pro-Zhou, so Yin, three generations of luck. " Confucius, the founder of the Confucian school, said, "Words must be faithful and deeds must be fruitful", which is the essence of his own thoughts.
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Characteristics of Confucianism
1, Confucius is a teacher and an ideological leader.
2. Take Zhouyi, Shangshu, Shijing, Book of Rites, Chunqiu and other books as classics.
3. Formed a tension structure of benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom in thought.
4, from the inner sage to the outer king, through the inner body and mind to achieve the learning of the outer king.
5. Paying special attention to the ethical relationship between people and applying it to political practice has become a guiding principle.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Confucianism