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! colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; | Confucianism&lt;br /&gt;
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| East Asian / Chinese&lt;br /&gt;
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! Origin region&lt;br /&gt;
| China&lt;br /&gt;
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! Founding period&lt;br /&gt;
| 6th-5th century BCE and later classical development&lt;br /&gt;
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| Often counted as a philosophy, ethical-religious tradition, or civilizational system rather than a membership religion.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Confucianism&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is An East Asian ethical, ritual, and social tradition associated with Confucius, focused on humane conduct, learning, family, and social harmony. &lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
Confucianism has shaped Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, and global East Asian cultures. It emphasizes moral cultivation, ritual propriety, filial piety, humane governance, education, and reverence for ancestors and sages.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Key beliefs ==&lt;br /&gt;
* Ren or humane goodness&lt;br /&gt;
* Li or ritual propriety&lt;br /&gt;
* Xiao or filial piety&lt;br /&gt;
* Moral cultivation through learning&lt;br /&gt;
* Harmony between family, society, and cosmos&lt;br /&gt;
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== Practices ==&lt;br /&gt;
* Ancestor rites&lt;br /&gt;
* Study of classics&lt;br /&gt;
* Ritual observance&lt;br /&gt;
* Ethical self-cultivation&lt;br /&gt;
* Commemoration of Confucius and sages&lt;br /&gt;
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== Places of worship ==&lt;br /&gt;
* Confucian temple&lt;br /&gt;
* Ancestral hall&lt;br /&gt;
* Family altar&lt;br /&gt;
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== Sacred texts ==&lt;br /&gt;
* Analects&lt;br /&gt;
* Mencius&lt;br /&gt;
* Great Learning&lt;br /&gt;
* Doctrine of the Mean&lt;br /&gt;
* Five Classics&lt;br /&gt;
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== Holidays and observances ==&lt;br /&gt;
* Confucius birthday commemorations&lt;br /&gt;
* Ancestor observances&lt;br /&gt;
* Local ritual calendars&lt;br /&gt;
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== Branches and related traditions ==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Classical Confucianism]] - Teachings associated with Confucius, Mencius, Xunzi, and early classical texts.&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Neo-Confucianism]] - Song dynasty and later developments integrating metaphysics, self-cultivation, and social ethics.&lt;br /&gt;
* [[New Confucianism]] - Modern intellectual movements reinterpreting Confucian thought for contemporary life.&lt;br /&gt;
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== See also ==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Religion]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Theology]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Philosophy of religion]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Religions]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:East Asian / Chinese]]&lt;br /&gt;
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