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Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day trial at http://hotaudiobook.com/free/48141 Title: Confucianism and Taoism Author: Dr. Julia Ching Narrator: Ben Kingsley Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs 57 mins Language: English Release date: 2000-01-01 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Teaching Stories Publisher's Summary: The name 'Confucius' is a Latinized version of 'Kong Fuzi,' meaning 'Master Kong.' Kong Qiu (551-479 BCE) taught a system of moral wisdom that would become a predominant social force in China, from the second-century BCE until the mid-twentieth-century BCE. Confucianism does not teach as a central doctrine that a God or gods should be worshipped, or that there is a life after death; it has no priesthood, but it does embrace a system of ritual. The central doctrine of Confucianism is ren, which means goodness, benevolence, humanity, and kind heartedness. Related teachings include loyalty, respect and consideration, propriety, reciprocity, neigh