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Confucius was educated at schools for commoners, where he studied and learned the Six Arts. [21] Confucius was born into the class of shi (士), between the aristocracy and the common people. He is said to have worked in various government jobs during his early 20s, and as a bookkeeper and a caretaker of sheep and horses, using the proceeds to ...
The generally agreed upon date of Confucius' death. 477 BC: Ji Gai died. 475 BC: Ji Gai's son King Yuan of Zhou became king of the Zhou dynasty. 473 BC: Wu was annexed by Yue. 470 BC: Mozi was born. 469 BC: Yuan died. 518 BC: Yuan's son King Zhending of Zhou became king of the Zhou dynasty. 465 BC: Goujian died. 441 BC: Zhending died. He was ...
Gao Chai was born in 521 BC, 30 years younger than Confucius. He was a native of the State of Qi, and a member of the noble house of Gao. [1] [3] He was said to be very ugly and dwarfish in stature, not even six chi tall (about 1.4 metres (4 ft 7 in)). [3] Confucius considered him unintelligent, but he showed great ability as a governor. [1]
Yan Hui was Confucius' favorite disciple. [3] "After I got Yan Hui," Confucius remarked, "the disciples came closer to me." [2] [4] [5] We are told that once, when he found himself on the Nang hill with Yan Hui, Zilu, and Zigong, Confucius asked them to tell him their different aims, and he would choose between them. Zilu began, and when he had ...
Confucius's descendants in Quzhou alone number 30,000. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The Hanlin Academy rank of Wujing boshi 五經博士 was awarded to the southern branch at Quzhou by a Ming Emperor while the northern branch at Qufu held the title Duke Yansheng.
Confucius and Confucianism were opposed or criticised from the start, including Laozi's philosophy and Mozi's critique, and Legalists such as Han Fei ridiculed the idea that virtue would lead people to be orderly. In modern times, waves of opposition and vilification showed that Confucianism, instead of taking credit for the glories of Chinese ...
Confucius’ Birthday (Chinese: 孔子誕辰 / 孔子诞辰, Mandarin pinyin: Kǒngzǐ Dànchén), falls on the 27th day of the eighth lunar month of the Chinese calendar. It is officially celebrated on Taiwan as " Teachers' Day " on September 28, and in Hong Kong on the third Sunday of September as " Confucius Day", though the traditional date ...
For most of its history, China was organized into various dynastic states under the rule of hereditary monarchs.Beginning with the establishment of dynastic rule by Yu the Great c. 2070 BC, [1] and ending with the abdication of the Xuantong Emperor in AD 1912, Chinese historiography came to organize itself around the succession of monarchical dynasties.