| Name(s) |
CONFUCIUS |
| Date of
Birth |
September 28, 551
BC |
| Date of
Death |
479 BC (Date not
known) |
|
Identity |
Chinese teacher,
editor, politician, and philosopher |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- Following the victory of Han over Chu after the collapse
of Qin, Confucius' thoughts received official sanction and
were further developed into a system known in the West as
Confucianism.
- He authored or edited many of the Chinese classic texts.
- His principles had a basis in common Chinese tradition
and belief.
- He championed strong family loyalty, ancestor worship,
and respect of elders by their children and of husbands by
their wives.
- He also recommended family as a basis for ideal
government.
- He espoused the well-known principle "Do not do to
others what you do not want done to yourself", the Golden
Rule.
- Confucius is also a traditional deity in Daoism.
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