Confucianism is one of the three great traditions of China, the other two being Buddhism and Taoism. It originated from the teachings of Confucius, also known as Kung Fu-Tzu, in the 6th to 5th centuries BCE, and its focus is on personal morality, proper governance, and proper conduct between relations. It is currently considered by many Chinese as a philosophy or a social system rather than a religion, although it has been the official state ideology of China for a long time.