basic+beliefs-cg

=Confucianism=


 * Basic Beliefs**


 * Social order, harmony, and good government should be based on strong family relationships.
 * Confucius laid the groundwork for the creation of a bureaucracy, a trained civil service, or those who run the government. Confucianism became the foundation for Chinese government and social order. Three of the five relationships are based upon the family: father and son, husband and wife, older brother and younger brother.


 * Respect for parents and elders is important to a well ordered society.
 * A very important aspect of confucianism is filial piety, the respect children owe to their parents. Traditionally, it meant complete obedience to one's parents during their lifetime. This also required honoring their memories after death through performance of rituals.


 * Education is important both to the welfare of the individual and to society.
 * Education was critically important to career advancment in the bureaucracy becuase Confucius believed that education could transform humbly born person into a gentleman.