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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

The teachings of confucianism

The teachings of confucianism are moral, ethical, social, philosophical and political that it still continued to influence and spread not only in China, but in other countries as well.
Confucianism taught about the famous golden rule:'' Do unto others what you want them to do for you.'' It considered the family as the basic unit of the society. It also taught about the 5 relationships namely, ruler and subject, parents and children, husband and wife, elder brother and younger brother and friend to friend. These relationships promote order in society and family. Confucius also taught that the confucian gentleman is made and not born. He also taught of moderation and the standard of a ruler.

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