The teachings of Confucianism:

Confucianism is a Chinese ethical and philosophical system developed from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. It is a complex system of moral social, political, philosophical and quasi-religious thought that has had tremendous influence on the culture and history of East Asia. It might be considered a state religion of some East Asia countries, because of governmental promotion of Confucianism philosophies.
In Confucianism, human beings are teachable, improvable and perfectible through personal and communal endeavor especially including self-cultivation and self creation. A main idea of Confucianism is the cultivation of virtue and the development of moral perfection. Confucianism holds that one should give up one’s life, if necessary. Either passively or actively, for the sake of up holding of the cardinal moral values of ren and yi.