Confucianism

* Founded on **Confucius’** (551-479 BCE) teachings
* Most famous Chinese philosopher
* Grew up impoverished → learned from feudal practices
* Watched what higher-ups did, learned how to copy
* Never wrote down his teachings
* Students wrote it down in the ***Analects***: book compiling all his principles
* Became foundation for social life in China
* Philosophy centered around it
* Government + society grounded in **Confucianism thought**
* Basic order in the universe
* Natural harmony linking man + nature + cosmos
* Man = naturally social
* Five relationships with reciprocity
* Ruler