Question

Confucianism is a belief system that focuses on

Answer 1

Confucianism built on an ancient religious foundation to establish the social values, institutions, and transcendent ideals of traditional Chinese society.

Answer 2

Confucianism, known as well as Ruism, is described as a system of social and ethical philosophy or a way of life rather than a religion. It developed from what was later called the Hundred Schools of Thought from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius (551–479 BCE).

Confucius did not intend to found a new religion, but to interpret the unnamed religion of the Zhou dynasty in order to establish the social values, institutions, and transcendent ideals of traditional Chinese society. Therefore, it could be said that this belief system focuses particularly on the importance of the family and social harmony, rather than on an inhuman source of spiritual values, or in order words, the core of Confucianism is humanistic.