Confucianism

I do not belevie Confucianism to be a religion. Instead more of a way of life or a set of rules or guidelines. Confucius does not mention a god or deity that is superior to all. He does not tell a creation story, and he does not say what you must do. Instead Confucius tells small stories and then at the end gives advice or explains what the right man would do. Because he is offering advice on how to become better individuals it suggest that he does not believe humans are born good. Rather they are born neutral or evil and must better themselves and their ways of life in order to become good. This is shown in chapter two of book two, "“If they be led by virtue, and uniformity sought to be
given them by the rules of propriety, they will have the sense of shame, and moreover will become good.” Confucius explains that if they follow the rules, and conform to the moral behaviors of what's is excepted you will have shame in doing the wrong thing and you can then become good. In the books I have read Confucius does not actually state that humans are born evil. He mentions that you can become evil or follow evil paths which leads me to believe that he believes humans are born neutral.