Is Confucianism monotheistic?

Is Confucianism monotheistic?

No, just confusion.

No. It's controlled hysteria.

no, its a code... a way of life... not so much a religion

Confucionism is really more of a philosophy than a religion.

It's not even theistic. It's a way of life that you can live by regardless of religion.

Confucianism has very little to say about the divine or the unperceived world. For this reason, some do not even consider it to be a religion.

It definitely has a lot to say about ethics and standards, so perhaps it is more properly called an ethical system or a philosophy. Those who do cite it as a religion tend to do so because of its vast influence on behavior and thought which is not unlike many religions in that regard.

So to answer your question... no, it is not monotheistic. Nor is it polytheistic or atheistic. It really hasn't much to say about theism at all. Perhaps it's non-theistic!

A curious and noteworthy aspect of the teaching of Confucius is his arm's length attitude towards religion. Confucius, although he later became a god, to whom temples were dedicated in every Chinese city, as the patron of students and scholars, nevertheless didn't talk about the gods at all:

"The topics the Master did not speak of were prodigies, force, disorder, and gods. [Analects translated by D.C. Lau, Penguin Books, 1979, VII:21, p. 88]"

The term for "god" here, Shena (shin or Jami in Japanese) is often translated "spirit" or even "spiritual beings." We see another term in this quote:

Chi-Lu asked how the spirits of the dead and gods should be served. The Master said, "You are not able to serve to serve man. How can you serve the spirits?" [XI:12, p. 107]

Not a lot of talk of God, but he does mention "Heaven" pretty often. Not the blissful heaven of us Christians, but an authority from which his precepts are said to be based on.