Information about Confucius

Confucius (September 28th BC1year-April BC1year), surnamed Kong, was born in the late Spring and Autumn Period (now Qufu, Shandong) and his ancestral home was Li Yi (now Xiayi, Henan), an ancient thinker and educator in China.

Confucius initiated the wind of private schools and advocated benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith. There are 3,000 disciples, including 72 sages. He led some disciples to travel around the world for thirteen years, and revised the six classics of Poetry, Book, Rite, Yue, Yijing and Chunqiu in his later years. After the death of Confucius, his disciples and re-disciples recorded the words and deeds, quotations and thoughts of Confucius and his disciples and compiled The Analects. This book is regarded as a Confucian classic.

Confucius' thoughts have far-reaching influence on China and the world, and he is listed as the first of the "Top Ten Cultural Celebrities in the World". With the expansion of Confucius' influence, "Confucius Sacrifice Ceremony" once became a "big sacrifice" at the same level as China's ancestor worship.

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Kim Yi-soo, a North Korean scholar, said: Confucius is an eternal saint and the ancestor of oriental learning philosophy. (Proceedings of the 2540th anniversary of Confucius' birth and academic seminar)

Ito Renzhai, founder of Japanese ancient school: Confucius' virtue is indeed superior to that of saints, and Confucius' way is higher than heaven and earth. (The Analects of Confucius)

Japanese scholar Jing Shangjing: Confucius is not only a philosopher of China culture, but also a teacher of all mankind. ("Confucius")

Emerson, an American poet, philosopher and thinker: "Confucius is the Washington of philosophy", "Confucius is the center of China culture, and Confucius is the glory of all nationalities in the world." (Confucius Dictionary of Knowledge)

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