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About Confucius
Confucius is a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period. He is best known for founding Confucianism, a philosophical and ethical system that emphasizes personal and governmental morality, correctness in social relationships, and justice. His teachings, recorded in the *Analects*, remain foundational in Chinese culture and East Asian thought.
More from Confucius (169 quotes) →Keep reading Confucius
- “To one who is not eager I do not reveal anything, nor do I explain anything to one who is not communicative.…”Confucius
- “It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things…”Confucius
- “For this reason the gentleman will employ a man on a distant mission and observe his degree of loyalty, will…”Confucius
- “Don’t grieve when people fail to recognize your ability. Grieve for your lack of ability instead.”Confucius
Learning: more sayings
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- “You don't read Gatsby, I said, to learn whether adultery is good or bad but to learn about how complicated is…”Azar Nafisi
History: more sayings
- “History is not always pessimistic for if World War II Europe has taught us anything it is that the rebuilding…”Aysha Taryam
- “Electronic communication has transmuted conversations into durable and accessible records. Revisionist histor…”Kent Alan Robinson
- “In the U.S., highly selective renditions of its history have served in practice to impose blinkers on some of…”Linda Colley
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Books by Confucius
The Analects
Sayings collected by his followers.