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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 Kongzi Jiayu (Chinese: 孔子家語), translated as The School Sayings of Confucius [1] or Family Sayings of Confucius, [2] is a collection of sayings of Confucius (Kongzi), written as a supplement to the Analects (Lunyu). [3]
While Confucianism was the ideology of the law, the institutions and the ruling class, Taoism was the worldview of the radical intellectuals and it was also compatible with the spiritual beliefs of the peasants and the artisans. The two, although opposite ends of the philosophical spectrum, jointly created the Chinese "image of the world". [4]
In 2003, the Confucian intellectual Kang Xiaoguang published a manifesto in which he made four suggestions: Confucian education should enter official education at any level, from elementary to high school; the state should establish Confucianism as the state religion by law; Confucian religion should enter the daily life of ordinary people ...
Confucius and his disciples examining a qiqi, Kongzi jiayu illustrated edition, 1589, Ming dynasty. The Kongzi Jiayu ("The School Sayings of Confucius") is a collection of ancient pre-Han traditions about Confucius, yet the received text contains some spurious passages apparently interpolated by Wang Su (195–256 CE).
Gongye Chang was Confucius' son-in-law. [49] 6 雍也 (Yōng yě) "There is Yong" Refers to Ran Yong, also called Zhou Gong, a disciple of Confucius. 7 述而 (Shù ér) "Transmission" Transmission, not invention [of learning]. 8 泰伯 (Tàibó) "Taibo" Wu Taibo was the legendary founder of the state of Wu.
The emphasis on the Six Arts bred Confucian gentlemen, or Junzi, who knew more than just canonical scholarship.The requirement of students to master the Six Arts parallels the Western concept of the Renaissance man.
The School of Naturalists or the School of Yin-yang (Chinese: 陰陽家; pinyin: Yīnyángjiā; Wade–Giles: Yin-yang-chia; lit. 'School of Yin-Yang') was a Warring States era philosophy that synthesized the concepts of yin-yang and the wuxing; Zou Yan is considered the founder of this school. [16]