Religions {Confucianism} can emphasize moral practical life and society.
gods
Confucianism added religious elements after Confucius died. Shang-ti is ruler of heaven. Confucius became a god.
learning
Learning's four parts are virtue, eloquence and logic, government, and morals and ethics.
metaphysics
Objects and physical, behavioral, emotional, and social phenomena have numerical principles, allowing study of medicine, psychology, and politics by same principles. The two main ideas are heart or mind {xin} and things or objects {wu}, also expressed as "principle" versus "practical" and "idealism" versus "empiricism". Paired relationships are male/female, order/disorder, or constructive/destructive {yin, Confucianism} {yang, Confucianism}. Things divisible by fives correlate {five phases}. Calendar depended on ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches.
scholarship
Confucianism requires scholarship {Ju School} and studies the Six Classics or Lui Yi.
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