So what exactly were Confucius' ideas?

Question

What were his main beliefs?

Lets not just copy other's people work. I want to here about what you think.

Answer 1

Morals: Confucius said more about moral character than he did about moral acts.

The Way and Virtue: Confucius said, "He has not lived in vain who dies in the evening, having been told about the Way in the morning." The Way covers the truths about the universe and man, and not only the individual but also the state is said to possess or not to possess the Way. The Way is something that can be transmitted from teacher to disciple. The term itself comes very close to the term "Truth"as found in religious and philosophical writings in the West.

Virtue is an endowment men get from Heaven. Confucius once said, "Heaven is the author of the virtue that is in me." Virtue is something one cultivates, and it enables one to govern a state as well. Confucius also said that if one guided the common people by virtue, they would not only reform themselves, but have a sense of shame too.