Confucionism
... Li: includes ritual, propriety, etiquette, etc. Hsiao: love within the family, love of parents for their children and of children for their parents Yi: righteousness Xin: honesty and trustworthiness Jen: benevolence, humanness towards others, This was the highest Confucian virtue Chung: loyalty to the state, etc. Like Christianity, Confucianism does teach to have love for one another, to be honest, trustworthy, and kind. However, Christianity is different from Confucianism in the way that Christianity is based on the belief in Jesus Christ, and Confucianism does not involve a god. Unlike Christian churches, the temples built to Confucius were not places to worship to him, but places designed for annual ceremonies. Where we (Christians) worship Jesus Christ and believe that the reason we are on this earth is to bring glory to his name, Confucians simply follow the rules that were set before them as a way of life. Confucian practices include different types of rituals such as when a couple is married. Marriage is performed in six stages; proposal, engagement, dowry, procession, marriage and reception, and morning after. First the couple exchanges the eight characters: the year, month, day, and hour of each of their births. If any unpromising event occurs within the bride-to-be’s family within the next tree days the woman is said to reject the proposal. During the engagement portion the wedding day is chosen and the bride announces the wedding with invitations and cookies in the shape ...