Beliefs

"Confucius believed that the way to live a better life was to respect other people and honour the memory of your ancestors. He taught five virtues which people should follow: kindness, righteousness, sobriety, wisdom and trustworthiness. Confucians also believe in //Jen// which is the principle showing courtesy and loyalty to other people at all times. This is because Confucius taught that a person's own well-being depended directly on the well-being of others." ([]). Confucius taught that everything lived in harmony. He believed that people lived in four stages: birth, reaching maturity, marriage, and death. Respect is extremely important in the life of a Confucian. Everybody must give respect to have respect, and children are taught to respect their parents and elders. Confucianism wasn't accepted until after Confucius' death. The only document he wrote that is left in existance is //The Analects of Confucius.// His other books were burned in order to make sure no one questioned the power of the founder of the Qin dynasty, who was in power at the time.