Confucius (551-479 BCE), according to Chinese tradition, was a thinker, political figure, educator, and founder of the Ru School of Chinese thought. His teachings, preserved in the Lunyu or Analects, form the foundation of much of subsequent Chinese speculation on the education and comportment of the ideal man, how such an individual should live his live and interact with others, and the forms of society and government in which he should participate. Fung Yu-lan, one of the great 20th century authorities on the history of Chinese thought, compares Confucius’ influence in Chinese history with that of Socrates in the West.
- 1. Confucius’ Life
- 2. Confucius’ Social Philosophy
- 3. Confucius’ Political Philosophy
- 4. Confucius and Education
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Quotes of Confucius:
- Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
- Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
- Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.
- Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
- He who will not economize will have to agonize.
- I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
- Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.
- It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
- Men’s natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart.
- Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do.
- Respect yourself and others will respect you.
- Study the past if you would define the future.
- The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.
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