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Confucianism

Confucianism
Confucius was born in 551 BCE in the state of Lu. He was a social philosopher that developed a new teaching that involved principles of good conduct, practical wisdom and proper social relationships. (Kelley , 2003) His teaching has greatly influenced Chinese way of life, their attitude toward life. He set the patterns for living and influenced how the Chinese developed their political ideologies. Confucianism became the official ideology of the Chinese state.
During Confucius life time his ideas weren’t that widely accepted. He had a hard time getting employed with the feudal lords, something he was sorry about. He wandered around many of the states of China and he got a small band of followers and students that later would spread the teaching of Confucius.
His teaching deals mostly with individual morality and ethics. Also it teaches about the proper exercise of political power by a ruler. His principles are in nine ancient works. They are divided into two......


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