What influence does The Analects of Confucius have on China and the world culture?

Although Confucius is one of the philosophers, it is the epitome of China's culture that "the ancestors said Yao and Shun, and the charter was civil and military". The Qin Dynasty ruled the country by legalism, while the Western Han Dynasty ruled the country by "inaction" before Huang Lao Wu Di. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhongshu proposed "forbidding a hundred schools of thought and exhibiting the Six Classics", which established and consolidated the dominant position of Confucius in China culture and restored the orthodox position of the Six Classics. Confucius also became a representative figure of China culture. Shao Yong pointed out: "Confucius praised the Book of Changes, prefaced the Book of Changes by Yao Shun, deleted the Book of Songs by Wen and Wu, and changed the Spring and Autumn Annals by Huan and Wen. Since Xi, Xuan, its ancestor also; Since Yao and Shun, he has occupied five emperors. Since the article, his martial arts, the son of three kings also. Since the beginning, the words have been handed down, Sun Ye. " In other words, Confucius compiled the Six Classics, which integrated the cultures since Huang San, the Five Emperors, the Three Kings and the Five Bo Dynasties, and it was called "Mastery". Liu Yimou, a master of Chinese studies, regarded Confucius as "the center of China culture". "The culture of the first few thousand years relied on Confucius; Thousands of years of culture, thanks to Confucius; Without Confucius, there would be no China culture ". Qian Mu also believes that "Confucius was the first saint in the history of China. Before Confucius, the history and culture of China should have accumulated for more than 2,500 years, and Confucius collected its achievements. After Confucius, the history and culture of China have evolved for more than 2,500 years, and Confucius created its new system. In the past 5,000 years, the instructions to China's historical process have had the deepest influence and the greatest contribution to the establishment of China's cultural ideal, and almost no one can compare with Confucius. " Zhu Zeng, a Confucian scholar in the Song Dynasty, sighed, "Heaven is not born, and the night is long.". The second lecture on people's livelihood written by Sun Yat-sen, the father of the country: "This is the real people's livelihood, and this is what Confucius hopes."

Confucius' theory has a far-reaching influence in the surrounding areas of China, such as the Korean Peninsula, Japan, Vietnam and other places, forming a Confucian cultural circle in East Asia.

Since the first Confucius Institute in the world was established in Korea on June 5438+065438+ 10, 2004, by February 65438+2009, 583 Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms had been established in 87 countries around the world, becoming a global brand and platform for spreading Chinese culture and promoting Chinese teaching.