It is a religion that encompasses a group of dogmas of a religious and moral nature, which were taught by the disciples of the ancient thinker of Chinese origin Confucius after he himself passed away. The ideas of Confucius were based on his school which was called the School of the Letters, In the ancient Chinese empire Confucianism was considered as the main religion and played an important role in what today are the Cultures of several Asian countries as are Korea, Japan, Vietnam and China. The regulation of this religion is based on 4 great books.
The fundamental ideals of Confucianism are based mainly on tributes to the ancestors, since they maintain the belief that their deceased ancestors have the power to control the prosperity in all senses, of their family's descendants. Another of the doctrines on which this religion is based is what they call filial piety, which is based on respect and total obedience on the part of the young people of a family towards the elderly, who must be kept Total devotion to obey them in everything. In addition they also believe in the harmony of man with the universe, which means that they must accept what is ordered from heaven, for suchreason man must perfect himself through self - analysis and study. When one is on the eve of the death of an old man, Confucians keep the tradition of bringing the whole family together in order to await the last moments of life on earth together with the old man.
The main purpose of Confucianism is to achieve what they consider to be the maximum excellence and the ways to achieve this state were through the study of books and the lessons that were taught by the elders or sages and nature itself, in addition to Serving as a tool for what is introspection, which is the second way to reach the state of maximum excellence, is the self-study of man to determine the virtues of himself and take them out in order to develop them.
