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CONFUCIUS
Title: CONFUCIUS
Category: Literature / Biographies
Details: Words: 664 | Pages: 2.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
CONFUCIUS
CONFUCIUS a Chinese philosopher, one of the most influential figures in Chinese history.
According to tradition, Confucius was born in the state of Lu (present-day Shandong [Shantung] Province) of the noble K'ung clan. His original name was K'ung Ch'iu. His father, commander of a district in Lu, died three years after Confucius was born, leaving the family in poverty; but Confucius nevertheless received a fine education. He was married at the age of 19 and had …showed first 75 words of 664 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 664 total…to be a restorer of ancient morality and held that proper outward acts based on the five virtues of kindness, uprightness, decorum, wisdom, and faithfulness constitute the whole of human duty. Reverence for parents, living and dead, was one of his key concepts. His view of government was paternalistic, and he enjoined all individuals to observe carefully their duties toward the state. In subsequent centuries his teachings exerted a powerful influence on the Chinese nation.
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