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• Yin - honesty and trustworthiness.
• Jen - this is the golden rule of reciprocity. When asked the question "is there one word that should cover the whole duty of man?" he replied; "Fellow-feeling, perhaps, is that word. Do not do unto others what thou wouldst not they should do unto you." This is the principle to govern all relationships of human life and the highest virtue. .
• Chung - This is loyalty to the state.
• Hsiao - promoting love within the family. Love of parents for their children and love of children for their parents. This also includes ancestor worship which plays a major part in Chinese culture.
Confucianism unlike other western religions is primarily an ethical system to which rituals at important times in ones life have been added. It consists of four life passages. Birth, coming of age, marriage, and death.
• Birth - the T'ai-shen, or spirit of the foetus, protects the expectant woman. A special procedure is followed when the placenta is disposed and he mother is given a special diet and is allowed rest for a month after delivery. The mother's family supplies all the items required by the baby on the first, fourth and twelfth monthly anniversary of the birth.
• Coming of age - between the ages of 12-15 for boys and girls special ceremonies are held. These involve getting a family friend to sponsor the child, taking offerings, three ceremonies involving specific dress of which the last one involves the child changing their name to their adult name, if the child is a boy he will be presented by his father to the village elders. After all the ceremonies large parties were held to celebrate.
• Marriage - marriage is arranged by the parents and is performed in six stages: .
The proposal involving the swapping of the eight characters, the engagement, dowry where the price of the bride is set, the procession, the marriage and reception, and the morning after where the bride serves breakfast to the groom's parents, who then reciprocate the act.
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