Confucius

Confucius (from September 28, 551 BC to April 11, 479 BC) was born in Zouyi (today's Qufu City, Shandong Province) of the state of Lu. His ancestral home is Liyi (today's Xinyi County, Henan Province). He is an ancient Chinese thinker, politician, educator, founder of Confucian School, and "the most sage and pioneer of Dacheng". Confucius initiated the style of private lectures and advocated benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith. There are 3000 disciples, among whom 72 are virtuous. He once led some of his disciples to travel around the world for 14 years and revised the six classics in his later years (poems, books, rites, music, changes, spring, and Autumn). After his death, his disciples and his disciples recorded the words, deeds, quotations, and thoughts of Confucius and his disciples and compiled them into the Analects of Confucius. The book is regarded as a Confucian classic.   Confucius was one of the most erudite people in society at that time. When he was alive, he was revered as "the sage of heaven" and "the wood duo of heaven". He was also revered by later rulers as the sage of Confucius, the most sage, the most sage's first teacher, the…