There is only one similarity: teaching a person well. Buddhist belief leads to enlightenment, while Confucianism teaches right conduct. Belief and culture destroyed and depreciated by the Chinese communist regime during the Great Cultural Revolution. A Chinese discovered Confucianism, but an Indian discovered Buddhism. These quick comparisons show how religions differ, but you will read more detailed comparisons throughout the essay. A man named Confucius founded Confucianism; this is how the religion gets its name. Buddhism was discovered by Siddhartha Gautama and given the name Buddhism because Buddha means one who has awakened. Confucianism was discovered in the Chinese state of Lu, where Confucius was born in 551 BCE. Buddhism was discovered in northern India, where Siddhartha was born in 563 BCE. Both religions were formed in the mid-500s BCE, a few countries apart and their concepts were similar, but they differ as this paragraph shows. Buddhist belief Buddhism seeks to achieve nirvana through which a person transcends the materiality of the world and atta...