Confucianism : Han Dynasty (mid 2nd century) to Imperial Period , Kongfuzi: Master Kong, people forgot their stations in life & rulers lost their virtue, Social relations, proper conduct and social harmony, five cardinal relationships (superiors/inferiors), obedience and loyalty of inferior to superior, benevolence of superior to inferior, Filial piety (obedience to parents), The Five Classics , system of ethics, education and statesmanship, Taoism/Daosim: Laozi, started as a complex system of philosophical thought, later emerged as religion, Text: Daodejing (Classic of the Way of Power), Dao: universal unifying element , everything is one, conflict comes when people lose sight of oneness, life and death are not in opposition to one another but two aspects of a single reality, cultivate mystical relationship, and act in harmony with Dao, avoid dispersing energy through pursuit of wealth, power, or knowledge, good moral conduct rewarded with health and long life, quest for harmony with the universe,

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