Research topic: Confucianism

Confucianism , moral and religious system of China. Its origins go back to the Analects (see Chinese literature ), the sayings attributed to Confucius , and to ancient commentaries, including that of Mencius . Early History and Precepts In its early form (before the 3d cent. BC) Confucianism was primarily a system of ethical precepts for the proper management of society. It envisaged man as essentially a social creature who is bound to his fellows by jen, a term often rendered as "humanity," or "human-kind-ness." Jen is expressed through the five relations&m... Read more