Confucius (September 28th, 5565438 BC-April, 65438 BC+April, 065438 BC) was born in Xiayi (now Xiayi County, Shangqiu City, Henan Province) and was born in Shandong (now Qufu City, Shandong Province) in the Spring and Autumn Period. Confucius is a famous thinker, educator and politician in China. Confucius initiated the atmosphere of private lectures and was the founder of Confucian school.
Confucius led some disciples around the world for thirteen years, and revised the six classics in his later years, namely, poetry, calligraphy, ceremony, music, the Book of Changes and the Spring and Autumn Period. According to legend, Confucius once asked Laozi for gifts, with 3,000 disciples, including 72 sages. After the death of Confucius, his disciples and their re-disciples recorded the words and deeds, quotations and thoughts of Confucius and his disciples, and compiled the Confucian classic The Analects.
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In the history of China, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were the most brilliant times in ideology and culture. During this period, an unprecedented academic situation of a hundred schools of thought contended, which played an important role in the history of China's thought. According to Hanshu? There are 189 books and 4324 works in Yiwenzhi.
Later books, such as Annals of Sui Shu Classics and Records of Sikuquanshu, recorded thousands of "schools of thought contend". There are only ten well-known companies that are widely circulated, influential and famous. To sum up, only 10 schools have developed into schools.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the achievements of various ideological and academic schools complemented the ancient Greek civilization at the same time. The three philosophical systems represented by Confucius, Laozi and Mozi have formed a prosperous situation in which a hundred schools of thought contend.
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Baidu Encyclopedia: Confucius
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Baidu Encyclopedia: Confucian School