This notion was both other worldly and individualistic. By contrast, the Confucian exalted the responsible public servant. Confucianism is society-oriented. According to this view, a man is truly human when he faithfully carries out his obligations to his fellowmen. Thirdly, the family-centered ethic of Confucianism produced a metaphysic based upon polarity.
Man exists in a harmonious system of relationships.
Using the ancient Chinese concept of yin-yang, Confucians stressed the fact that individuals achieve happiness as they subject their personal desires to the greater good of the whole. Fourthly, Confucians looked forward to the final goal of history. According to the Classics, mankind is moving toward an age of justice, brotherhood, prosperity and peace on this earth. Let me correct a mistaken notion. Probably you have read books which claim that the Judeo-Christian view of history is quite different from that of the Oriental.