Confucius was born into a noble family in 551 B.C in Lu, a state in china. He spent his working life as a civil servant in various posts and studied China's ancient philosophers with a variety of teachers. For the early part of his life he served as a teacher for higher. As he grew in age he took on politics and sought to serve and influence the growth in China’s ethics. His philosophy was of harmony among humans and the need not to execute and torture people to keep rule among china. He believed in virtue and respect for elders. Also he promoted loyalty to family.
Confucianism is not strictly a religion but, a series of moral beliefs taught by Confucius. It does not have a clergy and does not address aspects of religion. It does not teach of life, death, and the soul. It teaches of political and civic philosophy. It is an alternate way to influence rulers in ancient china to rule
After li he developed the concept of jen to govern the way people acted as individuals. Jen simply means to love others. It is also none as humanity. To improve one's humanity, a person lived by all the moral virtues, wisdom, courage, honor, kindness, and love.
Confucius's teachings focused on the traditional Chinese concept of li. This term stood for proper etiquette or social ritual. At the time, most people interpreted li as the proper conduct of ceremonies or rituals. Confucius extended the idea of li to govern all people's relationships and behavior. He believed harmony in society would be maintained if people followed this moral etiquette. For Confucius, li was the proper way for people to act among other people.
According to Confucius all people in the family and community’s had duties and responsibilities. People with power and who held superior status and jobs should set good example
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