According to the motto “Study Buddhism and Cultivate Humanity”, Hoa Hao Buddhism believes that humans can surpass ordinary people (super people) are called Buddha Saints. Therefore, the Master advises everyone to follow the example of conduct and words of the ancient Sages like Confucius and Mencius to live and behave according to the Tao of being a human being. There is a basic thing every believer needs to have.
Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism,[1] is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China, and is variously described as a tradition, philosophy, religion, theory of government, or way of life.[2] Founded by Confucius in the Hundred Schools of Thought era (c. 500 BCE), Confucianism integrates philosophy, ethics, and social governance, with a core focus on virtue, social harmony, and familial responsibility.[3]
Confucianism emphasizes virtue through self-cultivation and communal effort.[4] Key virtues include ren (仁, “benevolence”), yi (義; “righteousness”), li (禮; “propriety”), zhi (智; “wisdom”), and xin (信; “sincerity”).[5] These values, deeply tied to the notion of tian (天; “Heaven”), present a worldview where human relationships and social order are manifestations of sacred moral principles.[6][7][8] While Confucianism does not emphasize an omnipotent deity, it upholds tian as a transcendent moral order.[9][10][11]
Confucius regarded himself as a transmitter of cultural values from the preceding Xia, Shang, and Western Zhou dynasties.[12] Suppressed during the Legalist Qin dynasty (c. 200 BCE), Confucianism flourished under the Han dynasty (c. 130 BCE), displacing the proto-Taoist Huang–Lao tradition to become the dominant ideological framework, while blending with the pragmatic teachings of Legalism.[13] The Tang dynasty (c. 600 CE) witnessed a response to the rising influence of Buddhism and Taoism in the development of Neo-Confucianism, a reformulated philosophical system that became central to the imperial examination system and the scholar-official class of the Song dynasty (c. 1000 CE).
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