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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Wesley (talk | contribs) at 23:41, 7 November 2002 (agree, confucianism is more philosophy than religion). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

removed redirect now that there is some more content here. Added some old lecture notes of mine to what was little more than a stub when i got to it Could we ask a native Chinese speaker to pinyinise the names and terms? Thanks --- clasqm

I added an outline and some content on the history of confucianism. Also there is a section on "shi" and the relationship between Confucianism and the Chinese state which I think is very historically inaccurate, but I've left it until I can think of something better to write Chenyu

Thanks, Chenyu!

Confucianism was not and has never been any religion. This is proved, in my opinion, as Confucius accepted the heavenly mandat (kind of God/holy law) as the supreme and only rightous way to go about state governing, family life and so on. He was obsessed with the rules of propriety. During the Han dynasty, however, Master Zhongni was idolized and often given "super powers" by fans.
I just visited China and people repeatedly reminded me that Confucius was no God, but "probably one of the greatest thinkers in the world"!
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I think you are correct. It's really more of a philosophy than a religion, though in practice it may get intermingled with bits of Taoism or Buddhism, especially as 'folk religion'. Wesley
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