Confucianism is the main body of China culture.
Confucianism:
Also known as Confucianism, some people call it Confucianism because it is a religion. At first, it refers to the master of ceremonies at weddings. Since the Han dynasty, it refers to the ideological system with benevolence as the core founded by Confucius (5565438 BC+479 BC, Lu people in the Spring and Autumn Period). Confucianism, called Confucianism for short, was the mainstream school of consciousness in ancient China. Since the Han Dynasty, it has been the official thought of China in most historical periods and the mainstream ideological basis of ordinary China people. Confucianism has exerted a profound influence on China, East Asia and even the whole world. After the Qing Empire, the last dynasty that took Confucianism as an official school, was replaced by the Republic of China, Confucianism was most impacted by foreign new culture. However, after all kinds of shocks, disasters and even the official regime's attempt to completely eradicate Confucianism, Confucianism is still the core value of the broad masses of people in China, and is regarded as the representative of China culture and the symbol of national tradition in the world.
As a local religion, Taoism is closely related to many fields of traditional culture in China, and it is an organic part of the whole ideology and culture in ancient China.
In the process of its emergence and development, Taoism not only absorbed the traditional culture of China, but also penetrated into various fields of China culture, which had a far-reaching impact on China's history and politics, morality and ethics, academic thought, ancient science and technology, medicine and health, literature and art, folk beliefs and so on, and became an important pillar of China's traditional culture. Therefore, in order to fully understand the traditional culture of China, it is necessary to study the Taoist culture, from which we can learn the cultural nourishment that is beneficial to us. During the formation of Taoism, folk beliefs and ancient learning blended with each other, forming the diversity of Taoist culture, thus preserving and enriching the traditional culture of China. As Mr. Lu Xun said: "-China's roots are in Taoism. Reading history in this way can solve many problems. "
In the big system of China traditional culture, the position and function of Taoist thought can not be ignored. If, as some scholars think, cultural thoughts are divided into rigid, explicit and implicit, then, in contrast, Taoism focuses on the spirit of submission, inaction, retreat and seclusion. It permeates Confucianism and Buddhism in various forms, permeates all aspects of real life, invisibly affects China people's attitude towards life, and embodies the hidden characteristics of Taoist thought.
Buddhism promoted the development of China's philosophy. Without the nourishment of Buddhism, there would be no Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties. Similarly, what would China's art look like without Buddhist art? With the in-depth study of Buddhism, people have realized that the development of China's philosophy after the Han Dynasty cannot be well understood without understanding China's Buddhism. In fact, if you don't understand China Buddhism, you can't fully understand the social and cultural development of China, and you can't really grasp the characteristics and spirit of China culture. Especially after the Song Dynasty, Buddhism in China has penetrated into every field and aspect of China's social culture.
Buddhism's liberation from fantasy and ideal can help people to be detached from the world with the mentality of being born, so that people will not be too addicted to secular material desires and will not be too worried about the disappointments in this life. Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, with their different philosophies of life, have exerted an important influence and function on China people's psychological adjustment and pursuit of life value in history. In today's world where material wealth and people's material desires are growing rapidly, Buddhism should be able to play a greater role in purifying people's minds.
During the evolution of China's traditional ideology and culture for thousands of years, the basic pattern of "three religions in one" was finally formed, with Confucianism as the main part and Buddhism and Taoism as the auxiliary part.