Religious Confucianism

Religious Confucianism is the idea that Confucianism is a religion. It originated in the time of Confucius with his defense of traditional religious institutions of his time such as the Jongmyo rites, and the Ritual Music System.

The Wufang Shangdi a set of Confucian deities

The Chinese name for Religious Confucianism is Rujiao (Chinese: 儒教; pinyin: rujiao), the word for secular Confucianism is Rujia (Chinese: 儒家; pinyin: Rújiā). The differences can be roughly translated with 教 jiao meaning religion, and 家 jia meaning school.

Religious Confucianism includes ancestor worship, sacrifices, and sacrifices to heaven in its practice.

Religious Confucianism worships Confucius, the seventy-two disciples, Mencius, Zhu Xi, and Shangdi.

In Chinese Buddhism, Confucianism and Daoism, are called the "three teachings."

Religious Confucianism has been promoted by the government from the Han dynasty until the 1911 Revolution. The Five Classics became the foundation of the Chinese legal system, and the Spring and Autumn Courts. Religious Confucian organizations known as Confucian Churches formed in the Qing dynasty have significant popularity among Overseas Chinese people today.

Related pages

• Confucianism
• Confucius

Other websites

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