> What has always impressed me about Confucius is how is philosophy has survived 2,000 years in China, and it is completely secular. Indeed, it has survived.

> What has always impressed me about Confucius is how is philosophy has survived 2,000 years in China, and it is completely secular. Indeed, it has survived. As has Daoism. But they rarely co-exist, and instead are tools, or philosophies, of the current power. While neither Confucianism not Daoism are outrightly political, their use, and survival, has been. If an dynasty seek hierarchy and power structure, leader-follower, right/wrong system, they promote Confucianism (as is the current case in China, harmony-because-I-tell-you); when a dynasty promote liberalism (ironically, in the current case of government) Daoism is the go-to example or philosophy. There were other philosophies, but these 2 work reasonably well for most regime styles.