What are the essence of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, and what is the relationship between them?

The essence of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism is a belief in the human spirit. From the epistemological point of view, Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism all pay attention to the overall understanding and analogy, and Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are different, interrelated and infiltrated each other.

Buddhism advocates that "everyone has Buddha nature, and everyone can become a Buddha" and "all beings are blessed". This popular style of Buddhism has made Buddhism widely spread in China and even the whole world, and its development and spread are relatively fast; Taoism retains more elements of primitive religion, which is quite witchcraft and more suitable for the needs of the bottom people at that time. Confucianism, on the other hand, has the characteristics of ethics or moral religion to a great extent.

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As early as the early Ming dynasty, there were some monks who were good at writing and kept close contact with literati, but it was only a case. After the middle period, even in the Ming Dynasty, due to the confluence of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, it is an indisputable fact that scholars intersect with monks and Taoism.

After thousands of years of integration, in the Song Dynasty, Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism became a trinity: Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism, as souls, influenced every Chinese descendant. The main idea of Confucianism is benevolence and righteousness, giving up one's life for righteousness and governing the country with benevolence and filial piety. Taoist thought emphasizes natural harmony, natural Taoism, governing by doing nothing, and stressing birth; Buddhism, idealism, emphasizes self-cultivation. It's about supernatural beings.

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