Ferdi asked:

What is confucianism? Is it the backdrop of communism?

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The answer to the first part of your question would be vast, because Confucianism has been the
principal philosophy and secular religion in China for the best part of 2000 years. If your point of view
is sociopolitical, the best way of looking at it is that it provided the guidelines for a socioliterary
structure, in other words for teaching.The Chinese have (had?) a national holiday for teachers in
memory and honour of Confucius for his founding role in the education of mankind.

Since his philosophy is based on humanistic principles (analogous to what we mean by humanism in
the West), this philosophy is totally incompatible with communism. So there is the answer to the
second part.

Jürgen Lawrenz

Sydney