Confucianism and Daoism

How China's two native traditions grew from ancestor worship and the Mandate of Heaven: Confucius, his Analects and the ideals of ren, li, xiao and the junzi; Mencius, Xunzi and the Legalists; Laozi, Zhuangzi and the Daodejing; Confucianism as Han state learning; the Celestial Masters and religious Daoism; Zhu Xi, Neo-Confucianism and the imperial exams; their spread to Korea, Japan, Vietnam and Chinese communities in Thailand; and suppression and revival in modern China. Episode 07 of the Origins of Religions series.

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