The Chinese teacher and philosopher Confucius (551-479 BC) was the founder of the humanistic school of philosophy known as the Ju or Confucianism, which taught the concepts of benevolence, ritual, and propriety. In the 6th century B.C. China had begun...

Confucius(551–479 Bce) Confucius (Kong Qiu) is one of the early Chinese philosophers and the founder of the ethical teaching known as Confucianism. He was born in a time of political, social, and spiritual crisis that had shattered the...

(551–479 BCE), Chinese philosopher. Confucius, whose family name was Kong and personal name was Qiu (stylized as Zhongni), is recognized as China's greatest teacher. He was eventually given the title "Kong the Grand Master"...

551-479 B.C. Chinese Philosopher Confucius, the Latinized name of K'ung Fu-tzu (which means "Master K'ung"), was one of world's great philosophers and the inspiration for one of the world's great religions....

(Latin formation from Chinese Kong-(fu)-zi, ‘Master Kong’) Chinese philosopher. In the year 174 BC one of the Han Emperors made sacrifice to him for the first time at his grave, which is still extant today Not long afterwards, the first...

Confucius (Chinese: 孔夫子; pinyin: Kǒng Fūzǐ; Wade-Giles: K'ung-fu-tzu), lit. "Master Kung,"[1] 551 BCE – 479 BCE) was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean,...

Jeni Hung takes her children to China to pay their respects to their ancestors Qufu, Shandong Province unch is turtle soup, sea slugs or stirfried cicadas. The cicadas look like large, fat cockroaches and the sea slugs are slimy but very good for...

A bit of luxury, but not too much The aim is to be moderately well-off THE fashionable new slogan in China is xiaokang shehui, or "moderately well-off society". Well, it is not that new. The xiaokang concept dates back at least...

In the following excerpt, Chan argues that Confucius's ideas on humanism greatly influenced the development of Chinese philosophy and that Confucius's belief in "the perfectibility of all men" radically altered the traditional concept of the "superior man."

In the following excerpt, Yutang outlines the basic tenets of Confucianism, which he describes as a system of ideas that sought a rationalized social and political order "by laying the basis for it in a moral order. "

In the following essay, Chan compares Chinese and Western interpretations of jen, the idea of humanity or humaneness, which is a central concept in Confucian thought.

One of Confucius' famous quotes was that "A gentleman considers what is right; the vulgar consider what will pay." In other words, a good person would do the right thing while a greedy person would do only what benefits him. This powerful saying has great meaning in today's society.