Ju-kyo teaches the maintenance of five human relations arranged in order (father and son, lord and vassal, husband and wife, old and young, one and one's friend) through expansion of moral character called the five eternal virtues (humanity, justice, courtesy, wisdom, sincerity).
儒教は、五常（仁、義、礼、智、信）という徳性を拡充することにより五倫（父子、君臣、夫婦、長幼、朋友）関係を維持することを教える。