Confucius and Confucianism
Confucius and Confucianism
LIFE OF CONFUCIUS
Confucius was believed to have been born in 551 BC., in the state
of Lu, known today as the Shandong province. His parents, who died
while he was a child, named him Kong Qui. Confucius was derived from
the Latin word Kongfuzi which means Great Master Kong. Confucius was
the most influential and respected philosopher in Chinese history.
His ideas were the single strongest influence on Chinese society from
around 100 …
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…Li, the relationship between humans and nature. Another branch was
called the intuitional-wing and it dealt mostly with enlightenment by
a combination of meditation and moral action. In the 1900's there
was a clash between Confucianism and Western beliefs such as
Communism. For many years after the Communist change in China, the
Government greatly opposed Confucianism because it tended to look into
the past rather than to the future. However, all government opposition
ended in 1977.
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