Confucianism 유교
A way of becoming fully human through learning, ritual and right relationships — parent and child, ruler and people, friend and friend. In Joseon Korea it shaped law, family and ancestral rites that many still keep.
OriginChina (Lu, today's Shandong)
WhenConfucius, 6th–5th c. BCE; Neo-Confucianism from the 11th c.
TextsThe Analects, Mencius, the Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean
A practice you can try today
Self-cultivation by study, quiet sitting (jeongjwa), ancestral rites (jesa), reflection on one's conduct three times a day.
🕯 Pray in the Forest Sanctuary Make your own caveSacred places
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Taoism (Daoism)도교·도가Harmony with the Dao — the nameless way of nature that 'does nothing, yet leaves nothing undone'.Chinese folk religion중국 민간 신앙The everyday religion of hundreds of millions: honouring ancestors, local gods and heroes such as Guan Yu and Mazu, mixing Buddhist, Daoist and Confucian elements freely.Seon / Zen Buddhism선불교 (선종)The meditation school of Mahayana Buddhism: awakening is not far away but is your own original mind, seen directly.
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