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Confucius (孔子; pinyin: Kǒngzǐ; lit. 'Master Kong'; c. 551 – c. 479 BCE), born Kong Qiu (孔丘), was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages, as well as the first teacher in China to advocate for mass education. Much of the shared cultural heritage of the ...
Rongo. The Analects, also known as the Sayings of Confucius, is an ancient Chinese philosophical text composed of sayings and ideas attributed to Confucius and his contemporaries, traditionally believed to have been compiled by his followers. The consensus among scholars is that large portions of the text were composed during the Warring States ...
Institutions. University of California, Santa Barbara. Military career. Service/ branch. United States Army. Battles/wars. World War II. Herbert Fingarette (January 20, 1921 – November 2, 2018) [1] was an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Xunzi (Chinese: 荀 子, lit. 'Master Xun'; c. 310 – c. after 238 BCE), born Xun Kuang (Chinese: 荀 況), was a Chinese philosopher of Confucianism during the late Warring States period. After his predecessors Confucius and Mencius, Xunzi is often ranked as the third great Confucian philosopher of antiquity. By his time, Confucianism had ...
Along with the descendants of the other Four Sages (Confucius, Mencius, Zengzi, and Yan Hui), the descendants of Confucius still determine part of their children's given names using this generation poem given to them by the Ming dynasty Jianwen Emperor and extended by later emperors: [45] 希言公彥承，宏聞貞尚衍；. 興毓傳繼廣 ...
These names do not use the name "Confucius" at all, but instead focus on the ideal of the Confucian man. The use of the term "Confucianism" has been avoided by some modern scholars, who favor "Ruism" and "Ruists" instead. Robert Eno argues that the term has been "burdened ... with the ambiguities and irrelevant traditional associations". Ruism ...
Hokkien POJ. Pok-chú. Bu Shang (507 BC – 400 BC), [ 1] commonly known by his courtesy name Zixia or as Buzi (Master Bu), was an ancient Chinese philosopher and a prominent disciple of Confucius [ 2] who was considered one of the most accomplished in cultural learning. He was one of the five disciples who took chief responsibility for the ...
Zhong You (542–480 BC), commonly known by his courtesy names Zilu and Jilu, was one of the best known and most faithful disciples of Confucius. [1][2] Among Confucius 's disciples, he was the second in terms of ability and accomplishment in statesmanship, after Ran Qiu. [2] He was noted for his valour and sense of justice, but Confucius often ...