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Confucius

The Sayings of Confucius

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  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted4 years ago
    Lao-tzu, the founder of the mystic Taoist philosophy, taught that in inaction alone peace can be found; Mo-tzu proclaimed the doctrine of universal love: that we should love all men as we love self, love the parents of others as we love our own parents.
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    But his practical mind told him that inaction could not help the world, and that to find a remedy for the nation's ills, their cause must first be learned.
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    His countrymen speak of him as K'ung Fu-tzu
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted4 years ago
    the Master, or philosopher K'ung
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted4 years ago
    This expression was altered into Confucius by the Jesuit missionaries who first carried his fame to Europe
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted4 years ago
    one of the greatest men in Chinese history.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted4 years ago
    Three in number, they were called the Three Clans.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted4 years ago
    but devoted himself instead to study and teaching.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted4 years ago
    returned to his native country, and resumed for fifteen years his work as student and teacher.[x]
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted4 years ago
    As the years rolled by his fame grew, and a band of pupils gathered round him.
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