Confucianism
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT: The beginnings of Confucianism are traced between 1776 and 1112a.c where the Shang dynasty encourages a certain cultural-spiritual environment. Here divination was practiced in relation to the spirits. At the end of the Han Dynasty Confucianism was the state ideology, then scholars of the Wei-Jin dynasty introduced elements to Taoism. Confucianism came to face competition with Buddhism and Taoism. A great representative or - in better words - impeller of Confucianism was Han Yu who was a very important person inside the Confucian administration. Confucianism at the beginning was taught by the administrative leaders of the nation, an element that helped Han Yu to elaborate a Neo-Confucianism that was based on ancient Confucian texts and as a product of cultural and religious friction with Buddhism and Taoism. FOUNDER: Kong - Zi better known as "Confusion" in the West, is believed to have been born between 552 and 551 BC i