Confucianism

A way of life cultivated by Confucius, a Chinese philosopher, in the 6th-5th centuries BC. It is a belief system, an all-encompassing way of thinking and living, that focuses on the importance of personal ethics and morality and ancestor reverence. It is sometimes considered a philosophy, worldview, political ideology, or religion, although it is not an organized religion in the traditional sense. Practicers of Confucianism live all over the world, predominantly in East and Southeast Asia. For more.