Confucianism places very little importance on laws, championed feudalism and virtuous rule, and believed that trust, adequate defense, and sufficient food were essential components of a government.
Confucians philosophy stressed filial piety and Jen (benevolence)
Development of Bureaucracy: since Confucianism stressed family values and social interactions, local governments were based on social relationships.
Confucianism also became a mandatory requirement for government officials who had to pass the civil exam that tests their knowledge of Confucianism
Confucius' students had spread Confucianism in the world approximately seventy years after his death.
Mainly in China.
Well, Neo-Confucianism Differed from Confucianism in many ways. Confucianism was the belief of a real world, not an illusion, as well as Confucianism. Confucius wrote his ideas down in The Analects."Do unto others as you would have others do unto you" Confucius once said. Neo-Confucianism divides the world into a material world and a spiritual world. Confucianism does not believe in a spiritual world.Confucianism follows the Five Constant Relationships: Parent and Child, Husband and Wife, Older Sibling and Younger Sibling, Older Friend and Younger Friend, and Ruler and Subject. The goal of individuals in Neo-Confucianism is to go beyond the materal world, and to reach union with the Supreme Ultimate. Humans do this through careful examination of the moral principles.
Confucianism originated in China. It is most well known there.
The only branch of Confucianism is Neo-Confucianism. Neo-Confucianism is a form of Confucianism developed during the Song Dynasty, Combing elements of Buddhism and Daoism with traditional Confucianism.
Mainly in China
Believers in Confucianism find it to have valuable insights about human behavior, as expressed in the I Ching.
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Han Confucianism. Neo Confucianism. Contemporary Confucianism. Japanese Confucianism. Vietnamese Confucianism. Korean Confucianism.
There are currently 394 million people that class their religion as Confucianism. Its the 5th biggest religion in the world after Hinduism and makes up 6% of the wolrd population