Confucius
You believe people become good through family, ritual, respect and example. Society works when everyone plays their part well.
“Do not impose on others what you do not wish for yourself.”
What you’d believe
- Ren (humaneness / benevolence)The supreme virtue is ren — a genuine care for others expressed in how one treats them.
- Li (ritual propriety)Proper ritual, manners, and social roles order moral and communal life.
- The junzi and self-cultivationThe 'exemplary person' (junzi) becomes noble through moral cultivation, not birth.
