it's very simple... he give a whole bunch of rules for people to follow.When you say talk Confucius, I say lets talk about human.....
Too bigggg.... talk other things smaller and manageable....
follow then China become sick man of the East. So after become sick man of the East foreign invader after foreign invader take advantage starting with the Mongolians, then the Manchus, then the angmohs, then the Japs.
As long as Chinese follow Confucius, they are doomed to be slaves to others even if they are more successful. You always say 100 engineers 4 lawyers? They should have tar powed the world 10 years ago. They did not and they will not because of this 1 guy's teachings. Forever.