What is the background of Confucianism? When, where and how did it start?
Confucius (the Master) is more correctly Kong Qiu or Kong Fuzi (551-479 B.C.). He was the founder of a way of life, philosophy, or religion named Confucianism after a Latinized form of the founder's name
Who is the founder, where and how is Confucius practiced today?
Confucianism today can be found being practiced in China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea and Vietnam. Those that practice Confucianism follow the teachings of Confucius, who was a Chinese teacher that lived between 551 BC and 479 BC.
3-5 symbols related to Confucius.
Images of Kongzi and other Confucian saints have been widely circulated since the establishment of the first Confucian temples during the Han dynasty (202 B.C.E.–220 C.E.).
A symbol that is widely recognized in the West, albeit usually as a Taoist symbol rather than a Confucian one, is the stylized depiction of the interaction of yin and yang known as the Taiji (Great Ultimate).
The "six arts" were required learning for those who aspired to elite status in the Zhou dynasty, and images of young men practicing ritual, music, archery, chariot-driving, calligraphy, and mathematics can be found in Confucian art.