Confucius
At a glance:
- Series: Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Philosophy, Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Philosophers, Theology, Theologians, Teaching, Teachers, Confucianism
- Curriculum: Asian History, Ancient History
Article abstract: Chinese philosopher, ethicist, and teacher{$I[g]China;Confucius} Confucius’s teachings had little impact on his own times, but through his disciples and followers, Confucianism became China’s official state philosophy in the second century b.c.e., and its texts became the basis of formal education. Confucianism remained the dominant philosophy of China until the early twentieth century and still has a major influence on people throughout East Asia.
Early Life
The name Confucius (kuhn-FYEW-shuhs) is the latinized version of a formal...
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