Zhou+Dynasty+(Confucious)

Confucious

=== Confucius lived during 551BC - 479BC He was a noble man but came from a very poor family. His father died 3 years after the birth of Confucius, because of this he struggled to get an education. His father was a commander of the district in Lu. His father married at the age of 19 and had Confucius and 2 other daughters. His mother died in 527BC, after this he became a teacher.he Developed strong beliefs about society. He taught that family was the basis of society and that it was the duty of their king to behave like a father to his people. He believed unless people chose to live by moral values and rulers should be chosen because of their wisdom, not weath. He taught that a worthy person would have the qualities of being honest, loyal, self - sacrifice, love and manners. He traveled traveled for years searching for a teacher that would adopt his his teachings, but no one was willing to employ him. Influenced by Chinese more than anyone else. If people became Buddhists or Daoists they generally remained Confucianists. Confucian spread and formed the basis of Chinese government, for the next 2000 years. Some of his teachings were " Do not do to others what you would not want others to do to you and your faults wont define you." and another one was " From your very faults one can know your quality. He sometimes went by the names Kong Zi though he was born Kong Qiu. he was born in village called Zou and country was Lu. He became well-known for his wise phrases and theories about life law and government and was well-known as leader of philosophy. ===

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