# Confucian tradition

Confucius (551 to 479 BCE) taught virtue, family duty and learning, and later thinkers built a tradition on it that shaped East Asian states and homes. Whether it is a religion, an ethic or both is debated, and its followers answer differently. verify

Connects to:
- [What is good?](https://mapideas.org/i/et_good)
- [Many traditions](https://mapideas.org/i/re_many)
- [Daoism](https://mapideas.org/i/re_dao)

Sources:
- [Wikipedia: Confucianism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucianism)

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