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| ! colspan="2" | Confucianism
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| ! Founding period
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| | 6th-5th century BCE and later classical development
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| | Often counted as a philosophy, ethical-religious tradition, or civilizational system rather than a membership religion.
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| '''Confucianism''' is An East Asian ethical, ritual, and social tradition associated with Confucius, focused on humane conduct, learning, family, and social harmony. | | '''Confucianism''' is an East Asian ethical, ritual, social, and philosophical tradition emphasizing virtue, learning, family, harmony, proper conduct, and social order. |
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| == Overview == | | == Overview == |
| 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.
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| == Key beliefs ==
| | This starter page is intended as a neutral reference entry. It can be expanded with history, beliefs, practices, symbols, texts, branches, notable figures, and related concepts. |
| * Ren or humane goodness
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| * Li or ritual propriety
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| * Xiao or filial piety
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| * Moral cultivation through learning
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| * Harmony between family, society, and cosmos
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| == Practices == | | == Related pages == |
| * Ancestor rites
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| * Study of classics
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| * Ritual observance
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| * Ethical self-cultivation
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| * Commemoration of Confucius and sages
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| == Places of worship ==
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| * Confucian temple
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| * Ancestral hall
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| * Family altar
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| == Sacred texts ==
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| * Analects
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| * Mencius
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| * Great Learning
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| * Doctrine of the Mean
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| * Five Classics
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| == Holidays and observances ==
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| * Confucius birthday commemorations
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| * Ancestor observances
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| * Local ritual calendars
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| == Branches and related traditions ==
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| * [[Classical Confucianism]] - Teachings associated with Confucius, Mencius, Xunzi, and early classical texts.
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| * [[Neo-Confucianism]] - Song dynasty and later developments integrating metaphysics, self-cultivation, and social ethics.
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| * [[New Confucianism]] - Modern intellectual movements reinterpreting Confucian thought for contemporary life.
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Religion]] | | * [[Religion]] |
| * [[Theology]] | | * [[Theism]] |
| | * [[Religious symbols]] |
| | * [[Religious concepts and ideals]] |
| * [[Philosophy of religion]] | | * [[Philosophy of religion]] |
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| [[Category:Religions]] | | [[Category:East Asian religions]] |
| [[Category:East Asian / Chinese]] | | [[Category:Religion]] |
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Confucianism
Confucianism is an East Asian ethical, ritual, social, and philosophical tradition emphasizing virtue, learning, family, harmony, proper conduct, and social order.
Overview
This starter page is intended as a neutral reference entry. It can be expanded with history, beliefs, practices, symbols, texts, branches, notable figures, and related concepts.
Related pages
