CONFUCIUS ANCIENT HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA FOLLOW US MEMBERSHIP INDEX TIMELINE EXPLORE IMAGES TOOLS ANCIENT ATLAS WEIGHTS RANDOM PAGE LATIN DICTIONARY CONTENT STYLE GUIDE TERMS CONDITIONS JOIN THE TEAM TRAVEL CULTURE PHOTOS EXHIBITIONS INTERVIEWS EDUCATION ABOUT ABOUT EDITORIAL TEAM ANNUAL REPORTS CONTACT PRIVACY ADVERTISEMENTS SUPPORT HOW TO HELP DONATE BOOKSHOP SHOP LOGIN REGISTER DEFINITION MARK CARTWRIGHT PUBLISHED 29 NOVEMBER KONGZI CHINESE PHILOSOPHER LIVED 6TH CENTURY BCE WHOSE THE PHILOSOPHY OF CHINESE CULTURE RIGHT UP TO THE PRESENT LARGER THAN LIFE FIGURE REALITY THE FIRST TEACHER TEACHINGS SHORT PHRASES OPEN CHIEF PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS IMPORTANCE VIRTUOUS FILIAL PIETY ANCESTOR WORSHIP NECESSITY FRUGAL MORAL HARMONY DIRECT CONNECTION HARMONY IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD RULERS TEACHERS ROLE MODELS WIDER BELIEVED 479 BCE THE STATE SHANDONG WRITTEN RECORD DATES FOUR HUNDRED YEARS DEATH THE HISTORICAL RECORDS OF SIMA QIAN RAISED IN THE CITY QUFU THE PRINCE THE DIRECTOR PUBLIC WORKS 503 BCE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT 501 BCE CHINA MINOR ADVENTURES IMPRISONMENT DAYS CASE MISTAKEN IDENTITY THE INCIDENT RESTRAINT SAID TO LUTE ERROR EVENTUALLY HOMETOWN SCHOOL ORDER STUDENTS CONSIDER HIMSELF RATHER RICH AND POOR REMOVE ADVERTISEMENT CONFUCIANISM STATE RELIGION THE 2ND WHILST TEACHING POETRY THE BOOK OF ODES SHI KING THE BOOK OF DOCUMENTS SHU KING THE SPRING ANNALS JING THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK OF CHANGES YI JING YI KING COLLECTION TREATISES NONE HAD TO DOCUMENTATION THE ANALECTS HERE ABSOLUTE EVIDENCE SAYINGS SHORT STORIES ACTUALLY LACK CONTEXT CLARITY LEAVE THE OTHER MAJOR SOURCES CONFUCIAN THOUGHT MENCIUS GREAT LEARNING ANALECTS FOUR BOOKS CONFUCIAN CLASSICS SECOND CENTURY BCE CHINESE PHILOSOPHY PARTICULARLY ALWAYS CONCERNED PRACTICAL QUESTIONS MORALITY SHOULD LIVE IN MASTER SUITABLE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL RELATED COSMIC POLITICAL DECISIONS LEAD NATURAL DISASTERS EXAMPLE DIRECT CORRELATION PHYSICAL EVIDENCED TWO SUNS THE PEOPLE DO NOT TWO KINGS CONSEQUENCE IDEA ONE TRUE TO LIVE IF SOCIETY FAILS IT SACRED TEXTS THEMSELVES THE WAY MUST SEARCH FIND FACET AFFECTIONS RESPECT FRUGALITY HIGH CHINESE EDUCATION CULTIVATION SENSIBILITIES INTELLECTUAL CONFUCIAN CHINESE POLITICS INTIMACY RELATIONSHIPS XUNZI THOUGHTS DEVELOPED HSUN TZU SENSE JUSTICE BELIEF HUMAN NATURE GOOD OPPOSITE PESSIMISTIC OF EDUCATION RITUAL KEEP PEOPLE THE RIGHT FOUR VIRTUES RIGHTEOUSNESS OBSERVANCE RITES WISDOM FIFTH FAITH THE FIVE ELEMENTS CHINESE THOUGHT OF EARTH METAL ONCE AGAIN CLOSE LINK SPHERES NURTURE EQUAL FOUR SEAS ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS ANYONE SAGE INNATE TALENT MOULD CHARACTER LEGACY BURIED HIS FAMILY TOMB CENTURIES STATURE SUBJECT WORSHIP THE HAN DYNASTY TEMPLES NAME AT ALL TANG DYNASTY THE IMPERIAL PERIOD PASS THE CIVIL SERVICE SELECTION EDUCATED TABLET WRITINGS DISPLAYED HOUSES SOMETIMES IMPERIAL COSTUME STATUS KING PORTRAIT PRINTS TAKEN THE LOST ORIGINAL ATTRIBUTED WU DAOZI MADE IN 8TH CENTURY CONTEMPORARY WISE OLD MAN GREY HAIR CARRYING INTEGRAL PART THE INFLUENCE VISIBLE TODAY CONTEMPORARY CHINESE EMPHASIS FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS VALUE CEREMONIES THE STRONG BELIEF IN THE POWER BENEFITS LEARN BOOKS BIBLIOGRAPHY CITE WORK LICENSE AUTHOR MARK HOLDS GREEK PHILOSOPHY SPECIAL INTERESTS THE ANCIENT WORLD LOVES READING HISTORIC SITES EXPERIENCE FREE ACCESSIBLE THE PHILOSOPHER FOUNDER ANCIENT KOREA PRINCIPLES DYNASTIES KINGDOMS THE STUDY CLASSIC INTELLECTUAL TRADITION THE CHINESE RECORDED HISTORY ALSO KNOWN AS CONFUCIAN PHILOSOPHER MANG WRITE ORGANISATION RUN ARTICLE COSTS SOURCE MATERIAL PLUS EDITING SERVER YOU CAN CREATE LITTLE GIVE THANK MEMBER EMERGENCE THE EMPIRE BRUCE BROOKS WARRING STATES PROJECT THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION THE WORLD KAREN ARMSTRONG PUBLISHER UNAVAILABLE MUSIC THE AGE JENNY UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS ARISTOTLE RHETORIC ROUTLEDGE JONATHAN PRICE MYTHOLOGY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ESSENTIAL VISUAL HISTORY OF APA STYLE CHICAGO STYLE LAST MLA STYLE 15 MAY EXTERNAL LINKS TEMPLE AND CEMETERY OF KONG FAMILY MANSION BRYAN WRITTEN BY CREATIVE LETS BUILD CREDIT THE IDENTICAL EVENT 551 BCE NEWSLETTER YOUR ONCE A WEEK VISIT GRANTS SPONSORSHIPS THANKS TO ORGANISATIONS HELPING PARTNERS ACTIVE PARTNERSHIPS COMMON MAPS CONNECT FACEBOOK TWITTER GOOGLE PLUS TUMBLR PINTEREST INSTAGRAM LINKEDIN FEEDBACK COMPANY VISION ADVERTISE ACCOUNT SOME RIGHTS RESERVED ORGANIZATION LOGO DESIGN