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Confucius | | Birth Date: |
August 27, 551 B.C. | | Death Date: |
November 21, 479 B.C. | | Place of Birth: |
Tuo, China | | Place of Death: |
Qufu, China | | Nationality: |
Chinese | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
teacher, philosopher |
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Biography of Confucius
2,723 words, approx. 9 pages
 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...


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Confucius Quotes
7,511 words, approx. 25 pages
 Confucius [Chinese: 孔夫子, transliterated Kong Fu Zi or K'ung-fu-tzu , literally "Master Kong"] (traditionally 28 September 551 B.C. – 479 B.C.) Chinese social philosopher, whose teachings deeply influenced East Asian life and thought. Contents 1...


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Confucius (551–479 Bce) Summary
1,077 words, approx. 4 pages 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...
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Confucius Summary
543 words, approx. 2 pages (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"...
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Confucius (K'ung Fu-Tzu) Summary
463 words, approx. 2 pages 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....
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Confucius : Gods and Goddesses , Devil and Demons
91 words, approx. 1 pages (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...
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Confucius Information
4,850 words, approx. 16 pages
 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,...



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 The Spectator
Children of confucius
04/05/2003: 1,355 words, approx. 5 pages 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...
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 The Economist (US)
Confucius and the party line; China.(China and Confucius)
05/24/2003: 444 words, approx. 2 pages 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...




Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Wing-tsit Chan
15,207 words, approx. 51 pages
 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."
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Critical Essay by Lin Yutang
11,921 words, approx. 40 pages
 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. "
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Critical Essay by Wing-tsit Chan
9,616 words, approx. 32 pages
 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.
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Confucius Say:
324 words, approx. 1 pages
 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.


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