Ideal Person Part II

The ideal person according to Confucius consists of an individual that had good morals and values. "Confucius stated that the ideal person was one of good moral character. The ideal person was also truly reverent in worship and sincerely respected his father and his ruler. He was expected to think for himself, guided by definite rules of conduct. As Confucius said, he was expected to take "as much trouble to discover what was right as lesser men take to discover what will pay" (About Cultural-China, 2007). The Ideal person would be a person that makes decisions that consist of how not to hurt or harm others. The Ideal person would be a person that respects persons of authority and follows directions. Confucianism history dates back in the 5th and 6th century. The religion originated in China, Confucius was found by the "Chinese K'ung-fu-tzu, Master K'ung" (Religion Facts, 2004) . The Confucius practice can be viewed as both philosophy and a religion dependent upon the receiver. This religion developed from the combination of education, society, and government originally developed by Confucius. Confucius was a loyal government official that served the king and developed a concept that was later developed into a way of life or religion. Confucius understood various Chinese ways of life such as ritual, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and arithmetic (Religion Facts, 2004). Confucius could combine the information and included it into the religion. Confucius believed that people should have good moral characters and obey their superiors. Confucius was able to combine all these qualities and create a way of life or religion to follow.

Confucianism practices and rituals consist of important ethical principles, Confucianism does not have any standard rituals or practices. "The practices of Chinese religion, Taoism, Buddhism, or other religion which, Confucians follow are common and different in the religions on way" (Religion Facts, 2004). The practices also consist of childbirth, maturity, and marriage has unique rituals and practices. In child birth is very important part of the creative life according to Confucianism. When a woman becomes pregnant, the culture calls this T'ai-shen. Tai-shen means that the spirit of the fetus. The religion believes that the fetus is protecting her and that if anyone attempts to harm the mother the person will receive dyer consequences. In the stages of maturity for the child preferably a male child, the celebration of maturity is very important for a rite a passage. "Capping was a joyous ceremony, wherein the son was honored on reaching his twentieth year. In the presence of relatives and invited guests, the father conferred on his son a special name and a square cornered cap as distinguishing marks of his mature manhood"(BELIEVE, 2011). Marriage is very important for social status to the family. Marriage can bring two different clans