The Far Eastern practical philosophy of Confucianism did not begin as a religion and, unlike other religious institutions, does not have a clergy or church associated with tt. It has been followed for two millennia in China and was the state orthodoxy until the Chinese Revolution in 1911. Whilst it 1s not an organised religion, Confucianism ss still hugely influential on East Asian spiritual and political life. Confucts taught a way of Irving ones life through adopting moral values as the basis for political and social actions, firmly focusing on ones family foundations within the community. There are two ethical divisions in Confucianism: the first derives from Confucius himself, and values following conventional codes of behaviour; the second strand came from medieval neo-Confucians belief in followmg ones moral intuitions.
Question: Confucianism is both a religion and a system of philosophy.
Options:
A. true
B. false
C. uncertain
Answer: A