I you wan't to know about Buddhism I would highly recomend the Biography of Milarepa, He's a highly regarded Buddha from the middle ages.
"The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" (Not the Tibetan Book of the Dead, I wouldn't recomend that for a start up read) is also very good, or I thought it was when I read it.
I always thought that Confusism was older than Buddhism, at least is was in China before Buddhism was, I'm not completely sure about this but fairly confident.
I beleive there is a central text to it, but I don't know the name, probably your best bet.
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